Where nary a climate change denier can be found

While our planet is threatened, imperiled in fact from climate change caused by man's endless exploitation of fossil fuel, millions of Americans, including many in power both in government and business, profit from its denial. But if you want to find a group of courageous, principled professionals who to a man and a woman understand the truth and s...tark horror of climate change, just visit with our nation's wildfire fighters. They've gone from experiencing a two month fire season to a four month fire season to a six month fire season and anticipate the day when it will be year round. They scoff at ludicrous, head in the sand climate change deniers. They say there are no climate change deniers on the fire line because anyone who is quickly discovers its undeniable truth.

I'm reminded of this fact when I heard of the horrific deaths of 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots of Prescott, who died Sunday fighting the massive Yarnell Hill, AZ fire. We can never adequately honor their service and sacrifice. The least we can do, however, is continue the uphill battle, albeit one that may already be lost, but which we must fight on as furiously as those 19 heroes who battled in Yarnell, to stop and then reverse the enormous damage we've done to our one and only home.