A reader writes:

I woke up to NPR this morning, like I usually do (don’t hold it against me), and got to hear the story of Kelley Greenman. It was almost too much to stomach. Among the highlights: – She is part of the youth delegation of the UN, which traveled to Bali to take part in a climate change conference, and accepted a satirical award on behalf of the United States for being obstructive to the talks. ” ‘Why should America have to do what the rest of the world is already doing?’ she asked with a sly smile. ‘It’s not possible; we don’t have the capabilities.’ “ – Her father, a lawyer in Miami, quit his law firm and took the whole family backpacking around the world. Without irony she states how people around the world are less fortunate than her, as if every family in the U.S. could take off for six months and backpack around the world. – She states her concerns with climate change are a “social justice” issue, noting that “People in other countries are being affected by largely the actions of developed nations and largely the U.S.” She seems to think that poor nations would be happier if they were poor, but the temperature were cooler. Ironically, before this radio piece, NPR played another segment with the director of the World Health Program admitting the high cost of fuel and demand for biofuel are the largest factors affecting food prices. I guess she is one of the people in favor of your food tax. – She organizes teach-ins to “teach” children about climate change. – We learn that if more people were vegetarians, it would help more than if people stopped driving a car. I know this type of stuff goes on all the time, but it summed up so many of the points you have been making, from journalism turning to activism instead of reporting, to the absolute ignorance of some people in the green movement — particularly the falsehood that the rest of the world is curbing emissions, while the U.S. does nothing. Keep up the good work.

I think the best quote in the NPR story is this one: ” ‘I remember when I was 7 and my dad showed me the front page article of the Miami Herald about climate change. And it said something about how in 75 years . . . the world was going to end. Now I’m sure the Miami Herald didn’t print that, but as a 7-year-old, that’s what I understood and I just remember crying about it.’ “