Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce, one of the consistently strongest voices for conservation and smart public policy in the Nevada Legislature, penned a thoughtful letter to the Las Vegas Sun pointing out that pollution and climate change from burning fossil fuels are weakening our forests, making them more likely to go up in flames. (And that means more days in Las Vegas with smoke affecting the health of all of us.)

“Global warming is not ‘natural.’ The nearly universal consensus among scientists is that it is occurring because we are pumping huge amounts of carbon into our air from the burning of fossil fuels, such as that from coal plants. We don’t have to do that.”

– Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce

Her point is backed up by an overwhelming amount of research, but that doesn’t deter the fossil-fuel defenders from attacking Peggy and science, generally. What do you think? Add your voice to the discussion!