US and other countries see climate change differently
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Posted on July 31, 2006
Filed Under Global warming/Climate change, Deep ecology, Ecological hope, Consumer culture, Environmental disasters, Earth spirituality
Fostering Ecological Hope
Another word for today from Margaret Swedish:
It is not only US ecologists and climatologists who notice that US government agencies tend to approach the issue of climate change ‘differently’ than other government agencies and research centers. The Bush administration is at odds with allies like Tony Blair and many European governments who are frustrated that the US obstructs international efforts to deal forthrightly with the looming crisis.
Anyway, here is a good description of this difference from a research institute in Oslo, Norway, CICERO. You might want to read more about them or even bookmark them. The Norwegian ’crown’ founded the institute, though it is independent.
Norway is way ahead of the game compared to the US. Probably has to do with its latitude, which puts it in a geography far more vulnerable to the early warning signs of irreversible heating. The government is building a deep underground vault under the permafrost that will eventually contain the entire genetic memory of human agriculture – in the event of a catastrophe that destroys farming across the globe (like a nuclear war or climate change that destroys societies and civilization). Presumably, the two million samples of seeds could be used to restart agriculture –
– in case you wondered if there are others as worried as we are.
Anyway, it is okay to get mad at agencies like NOAA. Our tax dollars support them and they should be doing more to support us — like telling us the truth, the whole truth, and using their influence to mobilize government and society for the needed action to prevent the worst from happening.
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