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Pollution:Everyone's Business
Pollution and environmental degradation are EVERYONE'S business, whether or not you believe in man-made Global Warming
Date: 4/10/2007 7:21:57 PM ( 17 y ) ... viewed 1658 times Thanks to everyone who responded to my recent blogs about global warming! We're each entitled to our own opinions. Scientists don't agree about whether global warming is related to man-made activity or is a natural earth phenomenon--the only thing everyone seems to agree on is that it is happening.
I believe that it is both--due to man-made activity as well as natural earth phenomenon, with an emphasis on the natural earth occurance. As to what percent is due to what cause, who knows? and frankly, I DON'T CARE!
What I care about, and what made me jump with joy to see that the Supreme Court designated carbon emissions as pollution that the EPA is mandated to regulate, is that we no longer have an excuse to sit on our butts and do NOTHING about regulating a) vehicle and truck exhaust--the number one cause of air pollution in many parts of the country including S. California where I live, b)pollution produced by coal-burning power (and other polluting power) plants all over the country, c) port pollution, and d)other industrial pollutants.
For years, environmentalists have yelled about air pollution and the need for tighter regulations. Their concerns have been largely ignored by this current administration, which favors Big Business and making money over the health and welfare of humans, animals, and the Planet in general. Now that "global warming" has become a topic of mainstream conversation, and even some of the Bushites and Republicans are jumping on the bandwagon, maybe something will FINALLY be done about making more fuel-efficient cars and trucks, funding research for alternative fuels, regulating power-plant emissions, developing cleaner energy sources, using less fossil fuel, developing more and better public transportation systems, etc. THIS IS WHAT I CARE ABOUT.
While I personally believe that the so-called "global warming" is primarily due to a natural cycle that Mother Earth is going through, I have tossed my hat into the ring with the "Global warming" warners because they are the ones that are going to push regulations to curb POLLUTION. In contrast, the global-warming nay-sayers in the political arena in Washington would continue to do nothing about pollution, even as air quality and the quality of life for all living creatures and beings on the planet continues to decline because of our automotive, industrial, and energy-guzzling excesses. And that is MY opinion!
Blessings, Liora Leah
Original blogs:
Global Warming Victory! http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=309&i=384
Supreme Court rules that global warming emissions, including carbon dioxide, are "pollutants" under the Clean Air Act! EPA has authority to curb them!
Bush Doesn't Get It!
http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=309&i=385
President Bush doesn't get that the United States needs to be a leader among nations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, newly deemed by the U.S. Supreme court as a pollutant that contributes to global warming.
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