To remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is not just irresponsible, it is criminal. Regardless of the Governor's reckless abandonment of everything environmental, and even though antienvironmental actions might be fashionable among arch-conservatives in his presidential bid, to withdraw from this attempt to slow global warming through cooperation with other entities in our area is lethal.

Resigning from the RGGI - in effect, abandoning efforts to work with our neighbors to curb global warming - means that your great-grandchildren and possibly even your grandchildren will suffer the pulmonary effects of pollution and the environmental effects of global temperature increases. Do you want them to have trouble breathing and look at air-conditioning as a necessity for survival? Isn't it better to join forces with our region to fight against environmental desolation?

I urge you to fight global warming by maintaining our partnership in RGGI. To abandon it in favor of a Governor's presidential aspirations is short-sighted and stupid. In any case, I will do what I, a citizen of Virginia, can do: I will boycott any entity that attempts to further its own goals in opposition to environmental preservation.