Confusing Environment

Re “Earth Could Use Friends Like Abbey,” Commentary, April 21: I usually enjoy and agree with John Balzar. However, this time I couldn’t understand what he was trying to say, other than he liked some guy named Edward Abbey.

Out of respect for Balzar’s past writing I stuck with the commentary to discover in the last paragraph what I thought was obvious to all. Balzar says the reason to be concerned about the environment is that it is good for humans to have a clean, sustainable place to live. Please, John, tell me why else anyone worries about the environment and who they are.

Ken Hart

Long Beach