AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY – PERSONALLY
“We are all Climate Changers: part of the solution or part of the problem”
Hello Fellow Climate Changers,
When I was a boy the old joke went, “Everyone complains about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it”. Today, as we watch Earth’s polar ice caps melt, see drought spreading world wide, live through one monster hurricane after another, and sense how all of the seasons are changing their character, our collective rallying cry must become “Complaining about the weather is no longer enough, it is time to do something about it!” If we wish to pass a livable planet on to the next generation, effectively addressing human generated global climate change must become a central focus for all of us!
Here is the problem – and the pathway to its resolution – in a “Symphony of Science” musical nutshell.
Our Biggest Challenge – Global Climate Change (3:48)
Regrettably, in place of collective action to move our planet toward sustainability, and despite clear evidence of accelerating climate disruption, here is the kind of troubling acknowledgement we see daily as the dominant fossil fuel focused energy companies seek to squeeze out of the ground every last drop of oil possible: http://priceofoil.org/new-research-shows-climate-emissions-from-keystone-xl-tar-sands-pipeline-much-worse-than-reported.
The Climate Change Movement can take well deserved pride in its generation of a groundswell of support for killing the Keystone XL Pipeline plan. But is that effort to ship dirty Alberta Tar Sands oil by pipeline from Canada to Texas really dead? Or, as “Is Keystone XL dead? Or just resting?” suggests, may it yet find new life – reincarnated under a new name, traveling a new route, and approved by a fossil fuel friendly American president? The cost of sustainability is constant vigilance!
A gathering in front of the White House celebrates U.S. President Barack Obama’s
rejection of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)
More recently, a purportedly sustainability focused administration gave the green light to fossil fuel extraction in pristine areas of the Arctic. Known as “The Willow Project”, oil giant Conoco Phillips’ disastrous plan to wreck havoc in the Arctic is detailed in this video:
What Is The Willow Project – And How Can We Stop It? (2:38)
If the Willow Project has not been halted by the time you read this, please join the 5,000,000+ people who are already challenging the project’s approval, by signing the petition at this link.
The cost of sustainability is constant vigilance. … And committed activism!
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