Global warming

The (Rochester, N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle

Perhaps a movie threatening tsunamis, wind storms, grapefruit-sized hailstones, flash freezings and a flooded Manhattan can get people to pay attention to an environmental threat that's too often ignored. At least that's what environmentalists are hoping after the opening of "The Day After Tomorrow."

In fact, the Earth's temperature is rising about one degree per year. The effects, ... are building up.

Unfortunately, the Bush administration's allegiance to nonrenewable energy industries is undermining efforts to curb global warming. That shortsighted attitude should change. . ...

We may never live to see the effects of global warming. But preserving the Earth for our descendants should still matter.