Change in the air

AUBURN - When it comes to climate change, Brian Aldrich, a teacher at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, believes the public typically exhibits something resembling the five stages of grief: denial, anger, depression, acceptance and moving forward.

“Climate change strikes at the very heart of our way of life,” Aldrich said at a climate change and global warming forum at Cayuga Community College Thursday. “Fossil fuels, it's how we heat our homes. We can drive to our jobs 50 or 60 miles away. It makes our lives easier...

“Two of the things Americans don't want to be told is to wait and change the standard of living,” he continued. “But we are going to have to change some of the things we do in time.”