Saturday, March 3, 2007

Save the Environment- Save the World

An article in the New York Times today March 3, 2007, which just happens to be my granddaughter's 16th birthday, gave me pause to think about what the environment will be like when she is 26. The article starts with this headline U.S. Predicting Steady Increase for Emissions. The Bush administration estimates that emissions by the United States of gases that contribute to global warming will grow nearly as fast through the next decade as they did the previous decade, according to a long-delayed report being completed for the United Nations. Read the entire article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/science/03climate.html?th&emc=t
For the sake of our children and grandchildren I urge to attend a nationwide demonstration presented by Step It Up http://www.stepitup2007.org/ In the Texoma Sherman/Denison, TX area on Saturday, April 14, 2007, 11:00 AM to 02:00 PM at Loy Lake Park. Bring your family, friends, relatives and anyone who wants to make a difference in this most critical issue. Climate Change, Global Warming or what ever you wish to call it, is now just as potentially devastating as an all out nuclear war. BBC News reports: Climate resets 'Doomsday Clock'. Experts assessing the dangers posed to civilization have added climate change to the prospect of nuclear annihilation as the greatest threats to humankind. As a result, the group has moved the minute hand on its famous "Doomsday Clock" two minutes closer to midnight. Read the entire article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6270871.stm .

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