I am not a huge Elizabeth Warren supporter, but I was disgusted by the front-page editorial disguised as a news article entitled “Dem candidates pushing ‘green jobs’ agendas: Warren wants to spend $1 million per job.” This article takes the total price tag for Warren’s Green New Deal proposal, described here as “a $10.7 trillion investment in our clean economy,” and divides it by the number of jobs created as a result of this investment to result in an attention-grabbing headline that leads to an utterly false impression of the priorities here.

We need to push our fossil-fuel addicted culture toward green energy initiatives that will get us away from the legacy of the extractive fuels industry that is literally killing our climate, our air and our water. The scientific consensus behind climate change is enormous and the weight of evidence is overwhelming. We need the leaders of our nation to recognize the climate crisis for what it is-and act with urgency to stop our destructive behaviors and try to clean up some of the damage we have already caused before it’s too late. In order to do that, we need an investment not only in clean energy production, but also in resilient infrastructure, new approaches to residential and commercial construction and to resource development. That’s what the trillions are for: saving our planet before it is too late.

That this investment will also create new jobs is a fantastic bonus, and certainly a worthy goal. However, applying grade-school math and an unwillingness to acknowledge real and urgent concerns in order to undermine the Green New Deal concept is unworthy of a news organization I have supported with my subscription for decades. If you must publish this kind of sham reporting, put it where it belongs: on the opinion page.