Denying/filibustering/rationalizing away any meaningful action to address climate change.... (This time) during a record-setting U.S. east coast heat wave . (Plus the hottest first half of a year ever, worldwide.)
Oh, yeah: And a catastrophic oil well blowout in the Gulf.
Usual suspects: Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winning columnist for the New York Times provides some guidance - re the "who" (above). Link to 7/26/10 article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/opinion/26krugman.html?
(Some of the top comments to the article are worth reading as well:) http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/opinion/26krugman.html
From NASA, some likely future effects of climate change:
Global Climate Change: Future Trends
(Phenomena/Likelihood of trend)
-- Contraction of snow cover areas, increased thaw in permafrost regions, decrease in sea ice extent Virtually certain
-- Increased frequency of hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation Very likely to occur
-- Increase in tropical cyclone intensity Likely to occur
-- Precipitation increases in high latitudes Very likely to occur
-- Precipitation decreases in subtropical land regions Very likely to occur
-- Decreased water resources in many semi-arid areas, including western U.S. and Mediterranean basin High confidence
(Definitions of likelihood ranges used to express the assessed probability of occurrence: virtually certain >99%, very likely >90%, likely >66%.
Source: Summary for Policymakers, IPCC Synthesis report, November 2007
http://www.ipcc.ch/)
Among other irresponsible acts, justify this (sample photo, below; just one example), as your grand-kids' world starts to look and feel more like Venus every year. (Not to mention other likely (mostly adverse) effects.)
Your kids and grand-kids will be looking back upon your legacy, and that of others...They will not be able to ignore global climate change.
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