https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/countering the denialistas -- it is imperative that it be reversed so the effects will not be so badhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/755718probably sept 1 and you will not hear from me here too few people on Blogit and too many just preaching the choir and not interested in true discourse.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/752291It has been shown that smoking tobacco is bad for humans -- but there are those who deny that such is the case. The same is true with carbon emissions. The damage to human health and the global atmosphere has been shown time and time again -- but there are those who deny that such is the case....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/743623energy companies and conservatives tell us that if emissions were controlled more, the cost would be inhibitive to a healthy economy. However, as we see more damage done by weather that is the result of Climate Change (Global Warming), we have to reconsider. The costs already are in the hundreds...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/740109photo from space courtesy NASA http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81095&src=eoa-iotd this lake provides water for millions of people in several cities in severa states - per first paragraph: "The last decade has been rough for a key reservoir in the intricate water storage system...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/733347take a look at this from NASA http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80825&src=eoa-iotdhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/733149http://www.livescience.com/28345-doubters-prepare-climate-change.html?cmpid=520690https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/730064He has said that Cilmate Change (global warming) is a reality (facts prove this) and that it is the result of human activity, mainly hydrocarbon emissions. He is opposed to the Keystone pipeline and in favor of emissions controls for this very reason. He values people's health and well- being...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/729997Do you notice where the greatest warming is? In the U.S.A. click the link below to see http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80167https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/729613look at the map linked to. while some corporate polluters are reaping huge profits and decrying any control as a burden and job destroyer, think about farmers, their profits, their jobs. Then think about food shortages. What is important here?...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/723750see this about our present drought: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79228&src=eoa-iotd then tell me corporate profits (and supposed jobes) are worth the cost in human lives, health, and hunger.