Re: \u201cCity Council chambers\u2019 $1.5 million renovation to address accessibility<\/a>,\u201d Feb. 17 news story<\/p>\n Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds is absolutely correct that he should have been included more in the committee dedicated to making mobility and access improvements for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n Until I fell several years ago and fractured my left pubic rami in two places in my pelvis, I had thought that accessible stalls in restrooms were fine. Then the accident happened, and I was on a walker for almost a year. Two things I noticed are that the restroom doors are almost always inaccessible to people with disabilities. Likewise, many large businesses, such as car dealerships, do not have accessible doors.<\/p>\n Until someone has truly traveled in the path of a disabled person, they honestly don\u2019t know the trials faced every day by people with disabilities.<\/p>\n Maryann Ray, Centennial<\/em><\/p>\n Re: \u201cTrump\u2019s EPA revokes scientific finding<\/a>,\u201d Feb. 13 news story<\/p>\n I am outraged that the Trump administration has finalized the repeal of the EPA\u2019s 2009 endangerment finding \u2014 the scientific determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health and established the legal foundation for federal climate protections.<\/p>\n The decision strips the EPA of its authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate climate pollution from vehicles, power plants, and other major sources.<\/p>\n At a time when Americans are living through record heat waves, catastrophic wildfires, deadly flooding, and worsening air quality, dismantling climate safeguards is reckless and dangerous.<\/p>\n The endangerment finding reflects overwhelming evidence. Repealing it will not change the reality of climate change \u2014 it will only make it harder to protect families and communities from its impacts.<\/p>\n Even though this rollback has been finalized, it must not stand. Courts, lawmakers, and future administrations must act on climate change and reverse this decision and restore strong, science-based climate protections.<\/p>\n Our health, our safety, and our future depend on it.<\/p>\n Alvin L. Beers Jr., Greenwood Village<\/em><\/p>\n If the United States wasn\u2019t considered an international pariah yet, it is now after the latest lifting of\u00a0environmental\u00a0protection for greenhouse gases, but I digress.<\/p>\n As a youngster in the 1950s, my nextdoor neighbor drove his car into the garage, closed the garage door, and never turned it off, committing suicide. What did he know that the Honorable Lee Zeldin, EPA administrator, does not know?<\/p>\n I don\u2019t want to leave coal out either, but isn\u2019t it a waste of taxpayer money to establish a Black Lung Program<\/a> in 1969 to cope with the high mortality rates of coal miners, but continue to promote coal as an energy source?<\/p>\n I know whoever is reading this may not agree with Zeldin\u2019s decision either, and it\u2019s possible that many other employees disagree. We all have to work, and no one wants a bad mark on their r\u00e9sum\u00e9 or lose a job. It is my hope that our collective years of American K-12 education have given us the critical thinking skills and citizenship skills to question this policy change.<\/p>\nEPA: Repealing scientific ruling endangers us all<\/h4>\n