Neither 10th candidate has good grasp on global warming

As the battle between Mark Kirk's and Dan Seals' supporters rages on (most recently: Stick to Truth in Kirk-Seals Debate), I'm left a little bit flat by the lack of fortitude shown by either of the candidates, to date, on the subject that matters most to me and my family: global warming.

Fuel prices, flooding and the degradation of Lake Michigan all affect us right here on the North Shore, and all are affected by the reverberations of global climate change. I want my representative in Congress to have a strong plan to help stop it, so that my kids and grandkids don't look back and blame our generation for its failure to act!

Rep. Kirk bills himself as an environmental champion, and some of his conservation work is praiseworthy. Dan Seals, for his part, speaks much about conservation and renewable energy as the best paths for our future. But Kirk has yet to sign onto any meaningful legislation on climate change, and Seals' platform is full of great ideas and little to no specificity.

I hope that one or both of them step up and address real issues like global warming head-on, so that climate-conscious voters like me can see some real leadership.

Marge Howard

Highland Park