To Warm Or Not To Warn... Which One Is The Question?

I've always been an advocater of Earth preservation, energy conservation and sustainability, but who among you actually, honestly believes that Climate Change is really happenning and is truly a threat to human life on this earth?

Apparently, one congress-woman in the States doesn't believe that it's happening and decided to voice her opinion to the Senate. Republican Congressional candidate in Minnesota's rural, majority-Republican Sixth District, Michelle Bachmann, says at a public meeting that she doesn't believe global warming is an established fact… and gets laughed at by the audience.

Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX1UnAtynU


The key question, to my mind, is this: "What if this is really just a natural turn of events for the globe?"

I've never taken this question seriously until today, when I found a Newsweek article published on April 28, 1975 (http://denisdutton.com/cooling_world.htm), entitled: "The Cooling World," that says that Arctic snow and ice was actually GROWING from 1968 to 1974 and the world was quietly biting their nails in fear of another possible ice age.


What I've read today:

There has been a significant warming of the Earth since 1981. (it is generally accepted that the planet's average worldwide temperatures have risen by at least one degree celcius.)

There was a general cooling of the Earth from 1954-1976.

Before that, there was a general warming of the Earth, from 1929-1969.

Before THAT, there was a general cooling from 1895-1932.

Bearing in mind that journalists around the world have consistently failed to report on this issue fairly or accurately, just as governements have failed to produce resolutions to resource consumption problems and obvious environmental damage, it's plain to see that you just can't believe everything that you read (http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2006/20061024143134.aspx).

Instead, I would suggest going outside and seeing for yourself whether the weather is changing around you. Think back to your childhood and ask yourself whether or not you feel that this is normal. If your answer is 'Yes,' then go on back inside and sit on your couch... I think 'Entertainment Tonight' is on. If you answer is 'No,' then why not do something to change it? Write to your Member of Parliament. If an MP receives 100 letters on a subject, he/she MUST bring it up in the House of Commons. Write to the Prime Minister, write to the Minister of the Environment and let them all know that you want them to finally, seriously commit themselves to the issue of Climate Change.


CONTACT:

Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty: Fax 613-992-8320

Prime Minister, Stephen Harper: Fax 613-941-6900

Minister of Environment, Rona Ambroise: Fax: 613-996-0785

To find your local MP, go here: http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&Language=E or visit www.elections.ca

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