WE MUST SAVE EARTH
U.N.’S climate predictions are dire
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The world’s scientists are warning that an asteroid is on track to hit Earth in 20 years, threatening to cause damage worldwide, unless we take action right away to deflect it.
What do you think — should we maybe do something?
Actually it’s not an asteroid, it’s climate change. But the warning that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued on Monday is just as dire.
It is scientifically very likely that we, and certainly our children, will face a really dismal future if we don’t act now. This is not “science” in Dr. Evil air quotes, it’s actual physics, like what we rely on for modern civilization.
We have the technology — that’s not the problem. The problem is that the shift to solar and wind power isn’t happening fast enough. We need to put a price on carbon to squeeze fossil fuels out of the economy, while making clean energy cheaper.
Please tell your members of Congress to support a national carbon tax. If this is the first you’re hearing of it, you might think it sounds politically impossible, but it’s a policy that can actually win bipartisan support because it’s marketbased. Conservative and liberal economists alike recommend it. The policy is called Carbon Fee and Dividend, look it up.
Climate change is as serious as an asteroid. A carbon tax is the nuke that will deflect it. Let’s do this. Dave Reed, Carbondale
It was encouraging to see a piece on how unions and advocates for climate change legislation can cooperate to address what is perhaps our biggest threat. Monday, the United Nations Report on Climate Change came out, giving us 12 years to solve the climate change problem and avert global disaster. It’s a complex, global issue. It will take all of us approaching the crisis from a multitude of angles to solve it.