Open letter to Congressman Tiffany

To the Editor:

I recently read in a column by Bruce Murphy in the publication “Urban Milwaukee” that in an interview with him regarding smoke from Canadian wildfires, you indicated that you don’t believe that man-made climate change has been proven, calling it a “theory that needs to be tested … To me the jury is still out there.”

If the jury is still out there, there is obviously a risk that it could return a verdict that the vast majority of climate scientists are right: that unless we act now to greatly reduce carbon emissions, we are, in effect, sentencing our children, grandchildren, and all of their descendants to life on a severely degraded planet.

In your judgment, is this an acceptable risk that we should simply ignore, or should we act to reduce it with policies to reduce our carbon emissions?  I expect that many of us in the 7th Congressional District would appreciate learning your view on this concern in an upcoming edition of the Tiffany Telegram. 

Bill Bussey

Bayfield