Today’s youth begging world leaders to address climate change

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Opinion

September 25, 2019 - 10:43 AM

On Monday, a letter to the editor stated global warming is a bunch of hooey and that decrying its dangers is like “Chicken Little telling us that the sky is falling.”

The contributor is a 1953 graduate of Iola High School, which puts him on the other side of 80.

That same day, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg addressed world leaders assembled for a special climate summit of the United Nations.    

“I shouldn’t be up here,” the Swedish youth said. “I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.”

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