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August 2017 Enemies of the Planet
The
ominous signs of global warming are becoming more and more self-evident. Here
in the United States, temperatures have risen sharply. According to the recent
climate report from 13 federal agencies, the warmest climate has been
experienced in recent decades, the hottest during the past 1,500 years. Record
temperatures have also been experienced in Europe, Australia, the Middle East
and India.
The
august body, The National Academy of Sciences, has signed off on the draft
report which should give it enormous credibility.
If
no remedial action is taken, temperatures are expected to rise 2 degrees
centigrade by the end of the century. This would cause blistering heat waves,
rainstorms, flooding and accelerate the obliteration of coral reefs. Greenland
and the arctic ice are melting at an alarming rate a causing dramatic rise of
sea levels.
The
deadline for approval of the report is August 18. It is probable that Scott
Pruitt, head of the EPA, a climate change denier, may bury the report.
This
must not be allowed to happen. I urge readers to call your representatives and
demand the report be released to the general public. Light up the White House
comment line and demand remedial action to combat the scourge of climate
change. Silence is not an option. Your children and all future generations’
lives are at stake. If no action is taken, climate
change will become the longest suicide ever attempted by the human race and we
have a very good chance of success.
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