climate change, science, climate politics

climate change, science, climate politics

The information presented in the first article showed how out of reach a comprehensive climate deal was this year.   President Obama is trying to put into action his ideas about climate change regulation but Congress isn’t as willing to move as fast or far as he would like.   Without commitment from the United States, other nations have been hesitant to give pledges of their own, postponing this global agreement.   This is causing a lot of finger pointing for whose fault it is.   Many have disappointment in President Obama and other leaders because it signifies an abandonment of “moral responsibility” that a position of leadership on the world stage implies. But this could be a statement just because of the views of different parties.   Republicans and Democrats who believe they understand global warming reasonably well hold more divergent views compared with their presumably less- informed counterparts.   Some say that we already have the obligation and capability of taking on this issue.   The longer we wait, the more extreme the steps that will have to be taken.   Conley provides some information that proves if we wait longer we might have more work to do.   It says that heat waves, heavy precipitation, and extreme high sea levels are more frequent in the past 50 years.   Scientists do expect melting glaciers, early snowmelt and severe droughts which will cause more dramatic water shortages in the American West.   Rising sea levels are also expected causing flooding along with warmer sea surface temperatures which will fuel more intense hurricanes.   Judging by this information, we shouldn’t wait any longer then we have to.  
The problems causing the delay to act on climate and global warming problems is the concern for issues like the health care debate, Afghanistan and Iraq, the lack of sanitation, starvation and disease which is completely understandable. These issues deserve to be put on the front burner, however, I agree with Ms. Robinson in the “Bridging...