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ALL THE FEELS

Just finished reading your “Feel Good Issue” (April 2020) cover to cover. We love our Adirondack Mountains.

Debra Shaver

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REALITY CHECK

I picked up your “Feel Good Issue,” hoping it, that made it all possible. The EPA, currently run by former fossil fuel executives and lobbyists, has rescinded regulations which cut harmful emissions from power plants and vehicles, made it easier for coal plants to pollute with impunity, and has tragically gutted the Clean Air and Water Acts. If this policy continues, the return of acid rain to the Adirondacks is inevitable. Though it may feel good to momentarily bask in all the “encouraging developments across the Adirondack Park,” what is happening right now, thanks to Donald Trump and his new sidekick Elise Stefanik, is absolutely terrifying. Reality cannot just be ignored for that feel good moment—there is just too much at stake here.