Letter to Sen. Graham

I wrote the following email to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), in response to his concerted efforts to enact greenhouse gas-limiting legislation, and to his and Sen. John Kerry's (D-MA) excellent op-ed in the New York Times from a couple days ago...

Senator Graham,

I want to thank you for your leadership and vision with regard to climate change and energy development. Your op-ed in the NYTimes with your colleague Sen. Kerry truly touched me in that it has rejuvenated the possibility of true bipartisanship in Congress.

The environment, our climate, the atmosphere - these are not objects that can be held by one political party or one nation; these are the literal Commons that must be preserved by everyone if they are to be preserved for anyone. I'm grateful for forward-thinking legislators like yourself, for understanding that the scientific evidence, while certainly not perfect nor without room for ample debate, shows that the preponderance of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, almost entirely by human enterprise, are quickly and dangerously heating up our planet and potentially disrupting the climate system we all rely on to survive.

Thank you, Senator, for being a Republican legislator from a Republican state, willing and able to look past sound bites and the misinformation of your colleagues (i.e. Sen. Inhofe) to take positive, real action towards ending our dependence on foreign energy products and towards preserving our way of life for future generations (a truly "Conservative" effort, if I've ever seen one)!

Sincerely,

-Tim Varga