tagged w/ Moral Imperative
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The water cycle is being affected by anthropogenic climate change, and that does not bode well for much of our world including the Southwestern United States. The water cycle is being affected by anthropogenic climate change, and that does not... more
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Consider the impact your food habits have on animals, the environment, and your own health!Consider the impact your food habits have on animals, the environment, and your own... more
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Dramatic graph showing ice loss and feedback up to 2007, which shows the most dramatic decline of all. 2013, yet politicians think we have until 2050? We don't. Professor Wieslaw Maslowski speaks about what is driving this and the underestimated projections.Dramatic graph showing ice loss and feedback up to 2007, which shows the most dramatic... more
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This campaign being started by The Alliance for Climate Protection is a very important campaign, moreso than a politcal one in that it seeks to raise awareness among the American people that is compulsory in order for political change regarding this crisis to take place across the board. And it couldn't be initiated at a more opportune time to make ALL candidates understand their riole in getting this out. Let's see how many get the message. My hope is that many more people will get the message and will act.////excerpt://///Environmental group to kick off campaign about global warming
Jan 01, 2008 /////By JENNIFER FUSCO/////Observer-Dispatch//////The Alliance for Climate Protection soon will kick off a $100 million annual campaign to educate the public on global climate change, said former Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, who is a board member. /////Board chairman Al Gore established the non-profit environmental group using proceeds from his 2006 documentary about global warming, ?An Inconvenient Truth,? according to a recent article in ?Plenty? magazine./////snip/////The group's mission is ?to persuade the American people - and people elsewhere in the world - of the importance and urgency of adopting and implementing effective and comprehensive solutions for the climate crisis,? according to its Web site./////The campaign, which Gore will kick off in February, is a three-year initiative that will use media avenues such as print, television and online, according to the ?Plenty? article./////end of excerpt.
This campaign being started by The Alliance for Climate Protection is a very important... more
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Without an immediate ban on all coal fired plants unless they capture carbon, the closing of all old plants that pollute, and a tax on carbon large enough to push economies off coal, oil, and gas, 350PPM, the number discussed in this article by James Hanson is a number we will all remember with great regret. What are we doing? Where is the global urgency even after Bali that didn't even give us caps on carbon or a roadmap? Just a shallow promise to a road map? How many tears will we weep for our children living in a world of our making that could have been so much better and so different if we only saw past our own selfish needs? Without an immediate ban on all coal fired plants unless they capture carbon, the... more
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This is a double edged sword for me. While I do think consumers who are just set on buying bottled water even knowing the environmental costs should pay a bit more for it, I don't think that will actually solve the waste problem or stop it from being sold... and I wonder now if politicians will latch onto the environmental movement to stop the waste of bottled water just to raise income. Why can't we tax the companies that continue to deceive people that this water is no better than what comes out of our taps? I also think giving people incentives to recycle the bottles is also better than charging a tax that will only have them going elsewhere to buy it continuing the same behavior. The idea should be to awaken people to not want to buy in the first place. Like I said, I'm torn. I hope the income goes towards infrastructure and educating people about the truth of bottled water.This is a double edged sword for me. While I do think consumers who are just set on... more
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This report sounds like something the German Parliament would issue during WW2 to tell the people that the Holocaust in not happening, and if it is the Nazis are not responsible for it. Personally, I have no political biases regarding my views on climate change. I don't support Al Gore's view because I am a "Democrat." I support his view on climate change and that of the PEER REVIEWED scientists across this globe who are actually posting the data and connecting the dots, because I have armed myself with the knowledge I need to see with my own eyes... the very thing this report aims to stop because of course, to those in Congress an enlightened and informed citizenry is indeed the biggest threat to them. And unlike them my wallet does not hold sway over my beliefs. Like Senators by the name of Inhofe and others who do nothing but issue reports at opportune moments to coincide with their own personal petty political grudges.The rate of ice melt in the Arctic and Greenland alone is three times faster than ever predicted. It is unprecedented. Again, unprecedented. It has been proven by PEER REVIEWED scientists (not weathermen or Senators with no scientific background) that CO2 forcings on this planet along with other gases and sources together with anthropogenic climate change are changing our relationship with this planet. Now, we can "debate" all day until we are blue in the face but it doesn't change the reality of what this planet is becoming regardless of what you may personally believe is responsible for it. It is as if this report is then telling the American people not to care about this planet or their responsibility as stewards to her or to try to understand what is now occurring. I suppose they also believe that air and water pollution are not caused by humans either? Poisoning our water and air thus leading to diseases is not human induced? How about poverty? How about war? We aren't responsible for that either? Water scarcity, deforestation... Who is cutting down all the trees thus exacerbating the effects of this crisis? God? To me, this report is nothing more than a timed trashing of a man they fear the most. The one man who came out with a movie that explained what is happening to our planet in a way those whom they wished to keep in the dark for their own selfish reasons understand, and they are more afraid of it hurting their financial bottomlines than anything else. And in my view, telling people that there is "nothing to worry about" regardless of your belief when we can see otherwise just to protect your wallet and political standing is not only morally bankrupt, it is criminal.This report sounds like something the German Parliament would issue during WW2 to tell... more
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When reflecting on the current state of our world and the environment, I always go back to Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot speech because the words are so very true. And I believe that once we read them and take them seriously we will reach the higher consciousness we need to reach in order to solve our problems. This interpretation of his words is one I particularly appreciate.When reflecting on the current state of our world and the environment, I always go... more
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Robert Corell was the lead scientist of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Report regarding climate change in the Arctic. I recommend reading this interview with him as he basically corroborates what Al Gore has also been stating, and explains why sea level rise may well be greater than reported by the IPCC, as they only considered water expansion from warming oceans not including addiitonal melt water from glaciers that would be added to it. With Greenland melting at such a rapid pace that must be considered. As he stated, we must now build a "climate cathedral."Robert Corell was the lead scientist of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Report... more
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And this is only from January to September of this year. Puts it all in perspective doesn't it?And this is only from January to September of this year. Puts it all in perspective... more
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What agreement? To continue just talking as the Earth melts? While I am not sad about this outcome as my expectations weren't that high in the first place, I am not happy with it either. I am at best wary. I wanted targets to be agreed to first because I think that is the only way we will be able to go forward in then working on the solutions to meet those targets. I think it will be too easy for the U.S. and other countries to weasal out of this at a later date regardless of party. I am gratified however, that a framework regarding passing technology to developing countries to help them meet their energy needs sustainably was added. Developing countries and poor countries that are feeling the brunt of the effects of this crisis must be given assistance by those countries spewing the most GHGS into the atmosphere. It is as simple as that. If the U.S., Japan, China, or whichever country does not agree with that, then they must then agree to binding targets to cut their own usage down. I truly do hope this will help in keeping that tipping point further from us, but again at this stage without targets this is just more talk and playing it by ear, and where this planet is concerned we cannot afford to play it by ear any longer. And where was the talk about the global water crisis? What agreement? To continue just talking as the Earth melts? While I am not sad about... more
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Fantastic. Thank you, Mr. Gore.
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Boycotting bottled water, sodas and other unnecessary items in plastic will go a long way in my view in saving this planet from drowning and choking itself. I have boycotted all drinks in plastic bottles, plastic bags, and other useless plastic items and urge others to do the same. The state I live in is now considering doing away with plastic bags in stores. More and more cities and countries are seeing the truth about bottled water. It seems people are waking up to the destruction it does to this planet. And doing this not only saves on trash and pollution, it saves other species that eat the plastic in our waterways and die from it and also saves other resources. It is also the moral thing to do in light of the fact that over one billion people on this planet do not even have a potable source of water. To then think that people here only drink it to look fashionable actually makes me ill. We as a nation have a huge waking up to experience regarding our priorities and world view. This is a great step in that direction.Boycotting bottled water, sodas and other unnecessary items in plastic will go a long... more
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I just don't get this. This is a LOUD alarm bell for the planet and yet it doesn't seem like there is the urgency about it that there should be. It's as if we are detached from it watching it go down while we continue to be more concerned about other things less important. It's all very surreal to me. I just don't get this. This is a LOUD alarm bell for the planet and yet it... more
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I agree with Mr. Gore when he states that both the U.S. and China must stop using the other's nonaction as an excuse for their own. It is childish and it is now dangerous. And once again I have to state how proud I am to see Mr. Gore accepting this honor along with Mr.Pachauri, whose words were also stark and truthful. Now the question is, will they be heeded?I agree with Mr. Gore when he states that both the U.S. and China must stop using the... more
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This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you to Pete Seeger, a folk legend and to the Climate Crisis Coalition for this message. I'm having a house party tomorrow with a couple of neighbors and friends as a part of the International Day of Climate Action. Guess what movie I'm showing.;-). Our government in DC may not give a damn, but cities, states, and the people of this country do, and tomorrow we will show it.This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you to Pete Seeger, a folk legend and to the... more
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How can we throw it all away? 2030 is not that far off, and we are in danger of losing more than half of an ecosystem that regulates the climate of the Earth and is one of the largest sources of carbon and a habitat to thousands of species. But will we see this on our local news tonight?How can we throw it all away? 2030 is not that far off, and we are in danger of losing... more
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I wonder then: Are the representatives at Bali seeing this from a moral perspective? I sure hope so, because that is the only way we will save this planet and ourselves.I wonder then: Are the representatives at Bali seeing this from a moral perspective? I... more
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This may well be our last chance. The world is watching.
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As people in places like Ethiopia, Kenya, and other water scarce areas dig deeper into the ground searching for even a drop to sustain themselves, we here in America guzzle millions of gallons of water a year without giving a thought to where it comes from and the affect it has on our world. We can no longer afford to continue down that path.As people in places like Ethiopia, Kenya, and other water scarce areas dig deeper into... more
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