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The “Greatest Generation” meets the “Greenest Generation’:
Global Warming, the Scottish winds, and the National Aquifer
When I last wrote on the subject of global warming, I penned the metaphorical example of Superman who traveled from “a distant, doomed planet” Krypton, which exploded because its stubborn, ignorant leaders would not listen warnings of its distinguished scientists.
Fast forward to my advocacy of the Paris Accords. It would significantly limit global greenhouse gas emissions. It was signed by 177 nation/states; however. only a fraction of those nations have ratified the Accords (and enforcing it is still problematic). All the more reason why the USA and its congressional representatives needed to step forward and show the world we will lead when it comes to this pivotal measure. President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry hailed it as a first, critical step to “saving the planet.”
Alas, along came Donald Trump, the Koch Brothers, Fox ‘News’ and the “China Hoax.” We know the result; without Trump’s resignation and/ or his impeachment, it would take a monumental effort and a burst of integrity in the Republican Party to hope to salvage the Paris Accords. Its prognosis seems dim, at best, pitch dark at worst.
I know there are objections: lost jobs and the costs…
