Is this the same government that caused the current economic crisis? The same one responsible for the $1.8 trillion deficit?
Oh yeah, I'll be sure to give this global warming report my complete confidence? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > > > WASHINGTON -- A new government study of global warming confirms that climate > change caused by carbon dioxide is already having a "visible impact" on the > United States, and severe problems are on the way -- including longer > droughts, more floods and an increase in pests like mosquitoes -- if global > warming continues unchecked. > > The report by the Global Change Research Project, a consortium of government > agencies like the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and > the Environmental Protection Agency, also directly links climate change to > carbon dioxide generated by humans, and warns that severe environmental > problems, from coastal flooding to a rise in diseases threatening the human > food chain, will only get worse. > > "This new report integrates the most up-to-date scientific findings into a > comprehensive picture of the ongoing as well as expected future impacts of > heat-trapping pollution on the climate experienced by Americans," said John > P. Holdren, Assisstant to the President for Science and Technology and > director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. > > "It tells us why remedial action is needed sooner rather than later, as well > as showing why that action must include both global emissions reductions to > reduce the extent of climate change and local adaptation measures to reduce > the damage from the changes that are no longer avoidable." > > In light of the report, Representative Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts > Democrat and chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and > Global Warming, announced he would hold a series of "impact hearings" on the > conclusions the study has reached. The first hearing will be held this > Thursday on the impacts of a warming world on America's agriculture and > forests > > "This report reinforces the science, renews our dedication to forging a > national solution, and relegates the last bastions of climate denial to the > dustbin of history," Markey said in a statement issued yesterday. "We waited > for eight years to take any action on global warming, even as the evidence > mounted. Our economy, our environment, and our planet can wait no longer." > > According to the study, temperatures in the United States have already risen > 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900, and the farming season now starts two > weeks earlier. In addition, heavy downpours in the last 50 years have > increased 67 percent in the Northeast and 31 percent in the Midwest, > triggering record floods. > > If climate change is not seriously addressed, according to the report, > temperatures worldwide could increase 11 degrees Fahrenheit, with even > greater overall increases in the United States, and heat waves will be more > prolonged and intense. The higher temperatures will increase the number of > pests like mosquitoes, weeds will grow faster, and diseases will threaten > livestock and agriculture as well as human health. > > At the same time, according to the report, droughts will last longer, > competition for resources will increase and the nation's coastal area will be > threatened due to rising sea levels and more powerful storm surges during > hurricanes and other extremely violent weather. By the year 2100, the report > predicts, Cape Canaveral and the Everglades, two Florida landmarks, could be > completely submerged. > > The answer, according to the report, is twofold: take immediate action to > curb production of carbon dioxide and come up with ways to cope with -- or > take advantage of -- the changes that will likely occur. > > "Both of these are necessary elements of an effective response strategy," > said Jerry Melillo of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., > who co-chaired the report. > > http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/06/global_warming.html > > read the full report here: > http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts >
