Obama's climate change push fails to convince skeptics: #tellusatoday

We asked what followers thought about President Obama’s trip to Alaska to urge a global response to climate change. Comments from Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:

It’s a wasted trip. There are more important issues he should be addressing.

— @tkshemp3

I hope our next president is as committed to the environment. Our lives and livelihoods are at stake!

— @RafaAlcalde1

I’m in favor of any solution to climate change that doesn’t involve giving money to the government.

— @BrooklynCrooner

It’s pointless. The Republicans will oppose anything he does, even if they agree, because it has his stamp.

— @Beastwarking

President Obama’s trip to Alaska is a waste of time and taxpayer money.

— @Evilpa

I commend him for finally taking a step to bring light to this issue in a big way.

— @tcahill3391

It’s more important than changing the name of Mount McKinley to Denali.

— @GHFerdinand

Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

The trip is designed to use Alaska as a backdrop to continue the propaganda on the climate. It is really about more taxes and bigger government, neither of which will affect the climate.

— Boodrow Malone

No issue is more important. We are affecting temperatures, sea levels, ocean acidity and more. Meanwhile, many Republicans deny the reality. They reject what the world’s scientific institutions have been saying in favor of corporate fossil fuel interests or a political agenda.

— Phillip Noe

Letter to the editor:

Leave Mount McKinley alone, Mr. President (“Obama administration renames Mount McKinley to Denali”). Tradition and change occur, and honoring a man from Ohio who was president is a wonderful thing! We should honor more public officials and ordinary people in our community.

I grew up knowing the highest mountain in America was Mount McKinley. Will Mount Rushmore be on your hit list, Mr. President? Mount Rushmore was formerly known as the Six Grandfathers by the Sioux.

Nothing is wrong with honoring people of distinction. I happen to like Mount McKinley. Leave it alone.

Jim Delmonte; Honolulu