Political Quotes

“I want to take a few moments this afternoon to do something that has become a bit of a ritual with me; that is, to try to take some time each week to speak about the damage we are doing to our atmosphere, to our oceans, and to our climate with the relentless carbon pollution we are discharging. As each week goes by, the information continues to pile up about the harms we are causing. A recent story says rising temperatures could eliminate two-thirds of California's snowpack by the end of this century. The snowpack that helps provide water for California cities and farms could shrink by two-thirds because of climate change, according to new research submitted to the state's Energy Commission. Higher temperatures appear likely to wipe out a third of the Golden State's snowpack by 2050 and two-thirds by the end of the century, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography found. Science Daily reports: Black carbon aerosols and tropospheric ozone, both humanmade pollutants emitted predominantly in the Northern Hemisphere's low- to mid-latitudes-- That is basically us-- are most likely pushing the boundary of the tropics further poleward-- North and south-- in that hemisphere, new research by a team of scientists shows. . . . The lead climatologist, Robert J. Allen, says: If the tropics are moving poleward, then the subtropics will become even drier.…”