British government says scientific debate on global warming ‘now closed,’ action needed
In today’s International Herald Tribune is reporting British government says scientific debate on global warming ‘now closed,’ action needed.
Environment Secretary David Miliband said international action was needed to curb the emission of greenhouse gases that scientists say are warming the planet.
“I think that the scientific debate has now closed on global warming, and the popular debate is closing as well,” Miliband told Sky News television.
“The scientific consensus is that over the last 150 years we’ve changed the climate in fundamental ways, above all by the amount of carbon that we’ve pumped into the atmosphere from burning coal for energy, and from transport.
“There isn’t really a debate, there’s a reality of global warming,” he added.
The climate is changing, and fast. Human activity is the cause. At the very least we must behave like adults and take responsibility for our actions. Reduce your energy use, walk more, cycle more, eat locally produced food, turn your damn TV off, unplug those chargers from the wall and what you can’t reduce you can offset. — DS
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