Imagine a $700 Billion Bailout for the Environment
Even though the $700 billion bailout for Wall St. was rejected by the House of Representatives, one can wonder what a $700 billion bailout would do for the environment.
Even though the $700 billion bailout for Wall St. was rejected by the House of Representatives, one can wonder what a $700 billion bailout would do for the environment.
This week, typical of of the Bush administration’s ineptitude, the EPA decided to take no new action on global warming emissions. Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger slammed the Bush administration’s decision to not take action as further evidence it did not believe in global warming.
NASA scientist James Hansen, the man who first told Congress the planet was warming 20 years ago, declared the bottom line for our planet is 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Our current level: 383 parts per million! “The evidence indicates we’ve aimed too high - that the safe upper limit for atmospheric CO2 is no more than 350 ppm.”
Source: truthout.org
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