[GPSCC-chat] climate crisis documentary

[Wes Rolley]

On 4/12/2014 5:49 PM, Drew wrote:
> SUNDAY: "Years of Living Dangerously" is an ambitious four-part 
> documentary that uses celebrity star power to call attention to the 
> issue of climate change. Participants include Arnold Schwarzenegger, 
> Matt Damon, Jessica Alba and Harrison Ford. 10 p.m., Showtime.
Thanks for calling attention to this, Drew.   You might also note that 
one of the producers was James Cameron.

Ultimately, this is a hell of a lot more important than NSA spyingon our 
emails and a number of other issues that take our attention.

Here is another take from the IPPC on the results of our continued 
inattention to this threat.  I have a new granddaughter (since Dec.) and 
it depresses me to think of the world that she will live in.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/leaked-climate-change-report-scientific-body-warns-of-devastating-rise-of-45c-if-we-carry-on-as-we-are-9256708.html 

Opening paragraph:
> Global greenhouse gas emissions over the past decade were the "highest 
> in human history", according to the world's leading scientific body 
> for the assessment of climate change. Without further action, 
> temperatures will increase by about 4 to 5C, compared with 
> pre-industrial levels, it warns, a level that could reap devastating 
> effects on the planet.

-- 
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, 
then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/
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