http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/two-reports-warn-wake-up-its-later-than-its-ever-been/ The National Wildlife Federation's blog Mon, 20 May 2013 19:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/two-reports-warn-wake-up-its-later-than-its-ever-been/comment-page-1/#comment-17664 Protecting Our National Treasures by Confronting Climate Change : Wildlife Promise Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:07:42 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=71985#comment-17664 [...] or more variable extreme weather events putting communities, people, and wildlife at risk, the realities of what we have done to our natural world is finally hitting home for people across the [...]

]]> http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/two-reports-warn-wake-up-its-later-than-its-ever-been/comment-page-1/#comment-17556 Ray of hope Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:09:00 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=71985#comment-17556 The rich seem to think they are immune from global warming, buying retreats to escape flooding and drought, even spending billions in futile attempts to advance the space industry, hoping to escape to other planets. The carbon footprints they leave behind are the chasms the rest of us fall into. Unfortunately we elect them as our “leaders”, buy their shares and bury our heads in the sand. Past civilizations destroyed their own resources and paid the price. Then it was local, now it’s global. Wake up Americans! Be the great leaders you keep telling yourselves you are.

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