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Environmentalists and green-leaning readers applauded the urgency of our special report, which argued that the debate is over - global warming has tipped the climate of the planet into crisis. But others called our stories alarmist and questioned whether humanity can affect the forces of nature Your special report on global warming [April 3] was thoroughly terrifying, for which I thank you. For too long this issue has been casually dismissed as a problem to be dealt with in the future. Why fret about a seemingly distant catastrophe when there exists a plethora of world-destroying crises to be worried...
...report on global warming makes a convincing case that our planet is getting hotter, but shouldn't we at least be considering the possibility that we are going through a natural cycle that we can't stop or lessen? Reducing carbon dioxide may be a good idea, but shouldn't we also be thinking about how we can adapt to environmental change, as all species have had to do at some point...
Thank you, TIME, for your efforts to save our planet! Your cover story on global warming should send a message to policymakers around the world that those of us who have called on our leaders to take action to save Planet Earth have not been crying wolf. Climate change is creating catastrophic and nasty conditions. As I write, my town is installing solar-power panels on our town-hall building. Every government on the planet must start thinking globally and acting locally...
Environmentalists and green-leaning readers applauded the urgency of our special report, which argued that the debate is over--global warming has tipped the climate of the planet into crisis. But others called our stories alarmist and questioned whether humanity can affect the forces of nature...
...defense budget is expanding at the same clip. It routinely threatens Taiwan with war. It has staked out territorial claims in the South China Sea against lesser neighbors. It demands a seat at the table of the great powers, and it forages insistently for oil and gas around the planet. Beijing is softly signaling Washington: "Move over, the Western Pacific is our lake...