Newsmagazines
Fall 2012
Extreme weather and climate change
As temperatures drop this time of year, the heat, storms and weather disasters of the summer can quickly fade from memory -- but this is no time to sit back and watch the world burn. From the derecho that killed 22 people and caused widespread power outages across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, to record high temperatures and drought that led to failed crops across the Midwest and wildfires in Colorado and Arizona, to deadly flooding in Minnesota and Wisconsin, there’s no escaping it -- climate change is fueling some extremely scary weather.
In August, NASA scientist James Hansen released a report that argued that the extreme weather of this summer, and really of many summers past, is unequivocally caused by climate change. By observing the global temperatures of the past six decades, Hansen concludes that there is no other explanation for the “stunning” rise in the frequency of extremely hot summers. And rising global temperatures are fueling an increase in extreme weather.
Yet our representatives in government and their corporate cronies continue with business as usual. They have blinders on -- either because they don’t want to disrupt their profits or because they’re afraid of facing the truth -- and so they continue to sidestep any talk of how their actions are affecting our climate. The environmental community is working hard to connect the dots for our elected officials, but more has to be done.
Friends of the Earth has been working for years to educate the public and lawmakers about the effects of climate change and how we can take action to reverse or stem the tide -- and it’s becoming more and more important that we break the silence.
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Previous Issues
2012
Earth Budget: Protecting the environment, not corporate wealth
This is the summer 2012 issue of the quartely Friends of the Earth Newsmagazine.
Extreme weather and climate change
This is the fall 2012 issue of the quartely Friends of the Earth Newsmagazine.
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