How many hurricanes, floods, droughts and famines does it take to get people to acknowledge that climate change is happening and do something? Evidence of warming is happening all over the planet. We humans need to start taking responsibility for repairing the damage that we have created.
THERE IS HOPE! We CAN turn things around - before it is too late.
My mother, Carolyn Lee has been compiling information about this for many years. She has put this together for you. Educate yourself, and pass it on.
To learn about Soil Carbon as a way to start addressing the climate crisis, go to this posting.
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Climate Ark
- How people in other countries are already being impacted by the problem.
- What other countries are doing, or are not doing, to reduce their contribution to the planet's CO2 burden.
- The dedicated individuals and groups around the world who are working collectively to save our home from ruin.
Read two reports which were prepared by Friends of the Earth for the government of Australia. Read Dr. James E. Hansen's latest papers on desirable CO2 targets. All are quite long and very detailed. Consider making hard copies to review for further study. Until you are familiar with this material, you cannot claim that you know much about global warming!
April 2008: Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist (530 kB PDF). Introductory chapter to the book State of the Wild 2008-2009 from the Wildlife Conservation Society.
April 2008: Target CO2: Where should humanity aim?, and Target CO2: Supporting material. Draft of submitted paper. (Note: Final draft, supercedes versions circulated in March.)
If you are a supporter of Ron Paul, as I am, you know how absolutely frustrating it has been to see him ignored, trivialized, and even ridiculed by the mainstream media. Here we have a truly patriotic and learned man, a person of great integrity, and he's shoved by the wayside!
Now imagine you're a climate scientist like Dr. James Hansen. How frustrating must it be for him, and the thousands of other scientists like him worldwide, to know that we are reaching -- and even surpassing -- these major tipping points, decades sooner than we expected to... but the media won't give the story the attention it deserves?! What's going on?
Aha!, the light bulbs go on! Is there a pattern here? You bet there is! The powers-that-be have a vested interest in keeping the system going, exactly as it currently exists, just as they have a vested interest in keeping Ron Paul out of the White House. They have absolutely no intention of reducing our reliance on the fossil fuels they own and control. After all, isn't that why we're in Iraq? Isn't that why the next prize to be fought over is Iran, with its huge oil and natural gas deposits?
People, please don't sit around and wait for the media, the government, or the other three candidates, who have ties to the fossil fuel and nuclear power industries, to give you the real skinny on global warming. It ain't gonna happen! Find out the truth for yourself. Do your homework. Global warming is very real and coming at us like a freight train. And the people of the United States are totally unprepared for it, because it is at the very bottom of the list of the Bush administration's priorities.
A comment is in order here about John McCain's supposedly "green" position on the environment. Since war is the most useless, wasteful, and destructive of all human activities, I am hereby declaring that a hawkish McCain presidency would be an unmitigated disaster for our precious planet. Why do you think the U.S. emits 25% of the world's greenhouse gases? How much of that is emitted by the gigantic military/industrial complex in its insane desire for "empire"? And it's not just the enormous amounts of fuel used by our military personnel in those 130 countries! It's also all the fossil fuels consumed in the design, manufacture, and maintenance of weapons systems, aircraft, tankers, etc., etc., etc. that really adds up!
As Ron says, it's pure insanity for us to bomb roads and bridges, and entire cities into oblivion, in Iraq, then turn around and pay millions of dollars to re-build those same bridges, roads, and cities. I ask you, how much more fossil fuel does that waste?!
So, Dr. Paul is actually the "greenest" of all the presidential hopefuls, because he is the only true PEACE CANDIDATE in the race. He's the only one advocating a humble foreign policy and non-intervention. He's the only one who wants to bring the troops home from 130 countries. He's the only one who would not wage a pre-emptive war.
Ron Paul would be the planet's choice for President of the United States!!
Spread the word!!
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To learn about Soil Carbon as a way to start addressing the climate crisis, go to this posting.
-- Read the latest reports on global warming here: Is Global Warming for Real?
-- Read about the environmental benefits of grassfarming here Grassfarming Can Help to Reverse Global Warming, and here Reversing Global Climate Change with Holistic Management
-- Read about how cows can be part of the global warming solution, and dispel some common myths about cows and methane. U.N. Blames Cows for Global Warming -- Unjustly
-- Read about the battle over raw milk here.
-- Go to www.factoryfarm.org to learn more about confinement animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Be sure to watch The Meatrix.
-- Go to my blog posting about soy, to learn about the health hazards associated with the consumption of soy foods. A tremendous amount of information about soy is available through the Weston A. Price Foundation, among others.
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