Letters to the Editor: Climate change generally isn’t a high-priority issue for voters. It should be

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To the editor : Underlying this article is the Trump administration’s contemptuous dismissal of overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change and its impact on our planet and our own health ( “Trump administration opens more land for coal mining, offers $625 million to boost coal plants,” Sept. 29).

Near the end of the article, it’s mentioned that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin previously said he plans to roll back a 2009 finding that climate change harms human health and the environment. This is consistent with President Trump’s ignorant rants about climate change, including the recent United Nations speech in which he called it “the greatest