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What Now? Redux
Asher Miller Jul 27, 2010 6 comments
Back in December in blisteringly cold Copenhagen, tens of thousands of activists, government workers, lobbyists, and world leaders came together for what many hoped would be a diplomatic … >>
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entering unchartered waters
Human civilization developed on Earth under certain climate conditions. Over the last 150 years, however, we have released so much carbon into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels that the climate is changing — and not for the better. Rising sea levels mean devastating storm surges for low-lying farmlands and cities. Disappearing glaciers mean less water for vast areas of India, China, and the American West. Shifting climate zones mean many plants and animals will no longer survive where they've been — and may not be able to survive in new areas.
Climate change is real — the scientific debate on has long been over. What remains is to build the political will to do something about it.
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GLORIA FLORA: 3 Policy Changes I Would Make Right Now
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Gloria Flora calls A) the equitable distribution of resources B) the end of wasteful use of fossil fuels C) zero waste D) an immediate carbon tax
Spread the word, folks. With enough demand, these are all achievable.
Amen, Gloria.
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Gloria Flora is the Public Lands Fellow at Post Carbon Institute and is founder and Director of Sustainable Obtainable Solutions, an organization dedicated to the sustainability of public lands and of the plants, animals and communities that depend on them.
In her 22-year career with the U.S. Forest Service, Gloria became nationally known for her leadership in ecosystem management and for her courageous principled stands: as supervisor of the Lewis and Clark National Forest in north-central Montana, she made a landmark decision to prohibit natural gas leasing along the 356,000-acre Rocky Mountain Front.
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Richard Heinberg
Senior Fellow-in-Residence
Northern California
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Bill McKibben
Fellow, Climate, Ecology & Economy
Vermont
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David Orr
Fellow, Climate, Education & Communities
Ohio
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Richard Douthwaite
Fellow, Economics & Money
Ireland
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