Vote for the Environment on Tuesday

The issue that will haunt civilization for millennia into the future is what man is doing to his environment now. When most of the hot button issues of next week’s election are long forgotten we will still have the global warming that we are rapidly causing now. In spite of claims to the contrary, global warming has been continuing at about the predicted rate. The past 12 months was the warmest 12 month period ever recorded since records started in 1880. :

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/21/3581943/hottest-12-months-on-record/

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/11/02/3587485/climate-panel-final-...

Please vote for politicians that at least recognize the problem. We only have 35 years to reduce our fossil fuel use by 80% if we wish to limit warming to 4 degrees F and sea level rise to 30 feet. Here are some non-partisan sources of information :

http://scorecard.lcv.org/

http://votesmart.org/

Those who don’t think global warming is an issue should read a very short piece of science fiction by a doctor of geology and history. The other publications by climate scientists stick to the well documented evidence, this fiction helps explore the implications. :

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/07/inquiring-minds-naomi-oreskes-collapse-of-western-civilization

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/16/3460540/collapse-of-western-civilization-oreskes-conway/

http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Western-Civilization-View-Future-ebook/dp/B00K33E4J2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414957372&sr=8-1&keywords=oreskes

If there was a single flaw in global warming science, this man would be $30,000 poorer :

http://dialoguesonglobalwarming.blogspot.com/

A more biased view of national politics :

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/31/3586676/senate-gop-climate-preview/

Phil