Too bad Ms. Jackson couldn't follow up with a question about the time frame in the debate, but at least she had a chance to follow up in print.

You brought light in a frustrating and boring debate. Before your question, all that they were talking about was drilling and coal. Thank you for making the debate bearable and giving hope to America's future.

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I cheered when I heard your question, too. Neither candidate answered it adequately, but that's not your fault. Just like neither answered the one about "Should health care be a commodity?" because they aren't ALLOWED by the powerful inbsurance industry, to answer that one honestly.
Elsewhere just now on Grist I saw something stating that a poll shows West Virginians actually want alternatives, not so-called "clean coal." But the dirty secret is, where WV politics is concerned, it isn't the opinions of the PEOPLE that matter, it's the interest of the big money, and in WV that's the coal industry. I'm sure it's the same elsewhere, although less so in places not so dependent on a single industry.

Thank you for asking the most important question during that debate.  

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world." -- Mahatma Ghandi

We have made major progress in addressing the hole-in-the-earth's-ozone issue, through unprecedented international action, in spite of Ingrid's comments to the contrary.

It's on the issue of greenhouse gas emissions where we've made almost zero progress -- while our time to dally around on this problem has largely been squandered.  

Does Ingrid understand the distinction?  I'm confused by the fourth-to-last paragraph in this article.

I think she was probably referring to environmental issues in general, using the ozone hole as an example because that was her personal wake-up call.
Just like I might use habitat destruction and how it devastates wildlife (my entree to environmental concerns).