Letters

Affirming his plea for action, rallies by young people all over the world should have inspired any grownup with a heart to work enthusiastically for needed changes.

But can we be optimistic? The United States, once a leader in important international initiatives, has a president and supporters in the public and private sectors who have made clear they don’t give a darn about sustainable energy, so long as profits from carbon are sustainable.

And citizen opposition in East Hampton seems to be moving subtly from “not in my neighborhood” and “take care of my friends in the fishing community,” to pure “I’m against it,” threatening a shovel-ready South Fork wind project that would make our town electrically sustainable and serve 70,000 homes.

With this complacent obstinacy from a nation and town, each capable of environmental leadership, I wonder anxiously what the next generation can hope for?

Jeanne FranklAmagansett