“Where Did Global Warming Go?” (Sunday Review, Oct. 16) notes that Europe, Australia, China, India and Brazil are all moving ahead with policies to reduce heat-trapping pollution, while most American politicians duck the issue or actively question the reality of the problem.

Unfortunately, the article offers a sweeping — and in my opinion wrong — claim that Americans are just “wired to be holdouts.” Yes, Americans value personal freedom, but we also believe, by 71 percent to 28 percent, that the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to do its job of protecting us from dangerous carbon pollution, according to a CNN-Opinion Research Corporation poll.