To my amazement CNN is reporting on the urgency to change course in order to avoid the extreme danger caused by global warming. I wasn't aware that the American main stream media had that particular news gene. We suppose its better late than never.
U.N. report: Urgent action needed on 'severe' climate change
Climate change is "severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action" can head it off, a United Nations scientific panel said in a report on global warming issued Saturday.
The report produced by the Nobel prize-winning panel warns of the devastating impact for developing countries and the threat of species extinction posed by the climate crisis.
We can immediately see the salient problem and why such news is unheard in the White House. Might as well throw water drops onto a raging inferno.
Recall that the Bush administration holds the U.N. in such high esteem that it placed John Bolton there as the US ambassador. Bolton would be more than happy to light the bomb that destroys the building. The U.N. has no place in the neo-conservative agenda. Why would a report issued from such a place hold any meaning or importance even if the panel are Nobel prize winning scientists. Since when does science mean anything to Bush.
(Predictably) During five days of negotiations, the United States repeatedly challenged passages emphasizing the level of threat posed by climate change, objecting that the wording was imprecise.
The "scientific definition" of the dangers of climate change "is lacking, and so we are operating within the construct of, again, strong agreement among world leaders that urgent action is warranted," said Jim Connaughton, chairman of White House's Council on Environmental Quality. source
Also seen on the BBC: UN challenges states on warming
Among the top-line conclusions are that climate change is "unequivocal", that humankind's emissions of greenhouse gases are more than 90% likely to be the main cause, and that impacts can be reduced at reasonable cost.
One declaration that reportedly caused heated discussion during the week-long talks here states that climate change may bring "abrupt and irreversible" impacts.
The BBC gets lots of praise for continually reporting on global warming.
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It breaks my heart that our generation is going to leave behind this environmental disaster for our children. We have failed them and in the most egregious and contemptible manner possible.
I'll be back with more after I finish washing my SUV. ;)
Its starting to look like our generation is going to feel it also. 10, 20, 30 years from now, considering that there are more and more coal power plants being built and that greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing, its looking like we are crap out of luck.
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