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I am extremely disappointed that two days before Earth Day, The Post used precious front-page space to mock people about their environmentally sound practices ["D.C. Area Families Take Green to the Extreme," April 20].
The real question is why Earth-conscious Americans should have to go to what reporter David A. Fahrenthold called extremes to lead a green life. The answer is that King Coal and Big Oil have stronger voices in Congress than those citizens featured in Fahrenthold's story have.
The story that should have been highlighted leading up to Earth Day on Wednesday was that Congress and the president are taking climate change seriously for the first time. This week, Congress held hearings on a climate bill that could give us the opportunity to make "going green" the social norm.
We are on the cusp of getting 25 percent of our energy from renewable sources so Americans don't have to turn off their heat because they don't want to pay polluting utilities. We have the potential to put a price on carbon so the polluters can stop destroying our environment for free and start spurring the innovation of American entrepreneurs. This was the story the American public should have been hearing during Earth Week.
-- Ellen McGovern
Chevy Chase
The writer is an organizer with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.
