What is, therefore, tragic is this: even when we now know better, we seem to want to continue along the same path that we have been traveling for decades. And the esteemed leaders of your favored political party even believe that the problems are all nothing but figments of the liberal imaginations. It is beyond my abilities to comprehend how politicians who have tremendous influence over our lives can be such vehement deniers.The GOP loyalists apparently do not care for anything other than electing one of their own to the Oval Office--humanity be damned!
And then there were mysterious visitors, who continued to spout their denialist comments (like here.)
Thus, we continue to fail to address climate change.
Is this failure to act the legacy our generation wants to leave for the generations yet to come?
Apparently even the destructive hurricanes and extreme heat and all the other data won't convince the denialists!
[The] most savage heat waves that we experience today will likely become routine in a matter of decades. The coastal inundation that has already begun will grow worse and worse, forcing millions of people to flee. The immense wave of refugees that we already see moving across continents may be just the beginning.
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In Washington, progress on climate change has stalled. The administration has announced its intent to withdraw from the global Paris climate accord. And top Trump appointees insist that the causes of climate change are too uncertain and the scientific forecasts too unreliable to be a basis for action.
A school "lifer" like me from the old country, who returned to India after earning his credentials here in the US, warns that storms and heatwaves will worsen because of climate change, and that monsoons will become more chaotic. "It’s a question of taking onus and preparing for the bad climate," Krishna concludes.
Do that. Or, the alternative is to simply put into practice the words of the GOP's patron-saint of skulldaggery: deny, deny, deny!
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