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June 30, 2004

Greatest Climate Challenge May Be Overcoming Ideology

Questioning that climate change is occurring is an attack upon science itself says David Suzuki...

ENN News Story - Greatest climate challenge may be overcoming ideology
How many scientists do we need to stand up and say, "Do something!" before our leaders take this issue seriously? Attacks against climate science are no longer just attacks against one group of hard-working researchers but are against science itself. The evidence of human-induced climate change is overwhelming. At this point, it's not only intellectually dishonest to claim that there is no need to be taking action on climate change, it's morally reprehensible.

June 16, 2004

Climate Change Now

Climate change is real. It is happening now. The common future of the human family depends upon slowing climate change down by reducing emissions and learning to adapt (but not at the expense of not reducing emissions).

CNN.com - Climate change inevitable say scientists - Jun 16, 2004

Climate change is already occurring and immediate steps are needed to both slow it down and adapt to the changes that will occur anyway, scientists said Tuesday.

June 15, 2004

U.S. Attitude Towards Climate Change Causes Despair

Americans - this American included - are deeply self-centered. Many have become lazy and petulant, refusing to accept that their lifestyle is killing the Earth. What had been a rugged, free and individual based society has become pampered and spoiled, too afraid to look in the "mirror" to see what they have become.

Climate Change Experts Despair Over U.S. Attitude

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change experts said on Tuesday they are frustrated the U.S. government and the public are not taking the risk of global warming seriously. They said even as sea levels rise and crop yields fall, officials argue over whether climate change is real and Americans continue to drive fuel-guzzling SUVs.

June 10, 2004

California Targets Greenhouse Gases

California has grasped the mantle of international climate change leadership from the oil smudged fingers of the President of the United States.

Greenhouse Gases Are Targeted

California plans to require automobile manufacturers to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in new cars by nearly 30% over the next decade as it implements the first regulation in the world to tackle tailpipe exhaust linked to global warming.