To the Editor:
It was 84 degrees near the Arctic Ocean. Severe weather threatens eighteen states. Antarctic is losing its ice fields and Nome is ice free. Deadly California fires. Ninety-four degrees in Omaha, Nebraska. Earthquakes in Oklahoma, Alaska and Texas due to fracking and our politicians who were put in office by the oil companies deny…deny and tell us that there is no climate change? Really?
The sea is rising due to the North and South Poles melting. Just look at the Mendenhall and LeConte Glaciers which are slowly retreating as they melt.
Fracking takes gas out of the earth, oil production takes a fluid from the Earth, plastic in the landfills, and garbage and raw sewage from cruise ships are making Wrangell, Juneau, and Ketchikan unsafe to swim in or harvest clams, and other subsistence foods. Think about what our politicians are doing in Juneau which are strictly conflict of interest because of their monetary ties to the oil companies. This climate change is a combination of both man and nature, but there is no mistake overpopulation and human greed have brought these disasters on us.
We need statesmen like Governor Hammond who was for Alaskans. I heard Dr. Gross talking on KSTK this morning and went down to his gillnetter to talk to this Independent who wants to make health care reasonable, keep the AMHS ferry operating, make the pharmaceutical pay for the opioid epidemic and hopefully will be running against Senator Sullivan. He is on a fact-finding search visiting many Southeast Alaskan communities on his own dime. I think it is time for Alaskans to wake up and realized the PFD was a switch and bait from Dunleavy. This is what Hammond feared. We need responsible leadership that cares about Alaska and Alaskans. Vote Alaskan and think about our childrens’ future.
Capt. Loretto Jones
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