UPDATE, April 23, 2009: Obama Earth Day Flights Burned More Than 9,000 Gallons Of Fuel
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In honor of Earth Day, my blog has gone green.
I feel really good about this. My site's page background color being green shows just how much I care about the Earth. This is very good. I'm really making a difference.
Of course, it's just for a day but it's a step in the right direction. I care enough about the planet to turn my blog green and you care enough to read this. Together, we're making a difference. We can change the world.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial Board is praising Obama and his administration for the steps its taking to combat climate change (the change formerly known as Global Warming). It declares that climate change is "Man-made and real."
I guess that's not open for debate.
On this Earth Day, the United States stands poised to make the most significant strides on climate change since Al Gore lost Florida. It's about time. The vast majority of scientific research tells us that climate change is real and that human activity is a major contributing factor. The country needs to finally develop a real strategy to deal with it.
And it's doing so: The Obama administration and a Democratic-controlled Congress are proposing changes that when enacted and enforced are expected to fuel major reductions in the production of greenhouse gases.
We know that the Earth has climate fluctuations, dramatic ones.
If Wisconsinites are looking for proof, all they have to do is go to the Wisconsin Dells and look at the rock formations.
Those formations are pretty old, older than SUVs. And I think they took a really long time to create. Thousands of years ago, there was an ice age and a nearby glacier. Long story short, it melted and the Dells were formed.
That was really major climate change. It was really cold and then got a lot warmer. And there was no Earth Day back then to raise awareness to halt the change and stop the glacier from melting or forming in the first place or just stopping everything.
Maybe that's a good thing. What would Wisconsin do without the Dells? Tourism in the state would take a big hit without it. We would have never had the chance to experience the Tommy Bartlett Show.
The JS Editorial Board states how important it is that Obama is taking action to address climate change (formerly known as Global Warming).
[T]he bottom line has to be a serious strategy to significantly reduce emissions before it's too late.
"BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!"
It's time to panic! We have to stop climate change before it's too late!
Because when people don't stop it, you end up with the Dells.
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Obama heads to Iowa for Earth Day
President Barack Obama is going on the road to pitch his energy plan — as well as environmentally friendly jobs production — in a hard-hit Iowa town, while administration officials make a similar push back in Washington.
The White House's Earth Day message comes as Obama has watched his energy legislation stall in Congress. Obama's Environmental Protection Agency chief and energy and transportation secretaries all were scheduled to testify before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday with themes similar to Obama, who planned a swift visit to economically struggling Newton, Iowa.
What an environmentally friendly thing to do!
Obama is taking Air Force One to Iowa.
How can you reconcile that with Earth Day?
I guess he's not worrying about reducing emissions, blowing through all that jet fuel.
He should ground Air Force One, "before it's too late."
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Read Patrick McIlheran's "Polluting by way of pessimism."
He writes:
[A]n unfortunate number of anti-pollution groups seem to feel they have to keep people scared, even panicked.
Why? Some seem afraid that unless people are worried, they won't agree to more anti-pollution laws. One reason the world is cleaner is because a lot of pollution's been banned. That doesn't necessarily mean we need more laws. One swig of Tylenol makes your headache go away, but drinking the whole bottle could kill you. It's dangerous to trying panicking people so they agree to new laws without thinking carefully.
Really, the fright is about "raw political power," said Michael Sanera, who wrote a book, "Facts, Not Fear," on how to teach children about pollution. Lots of anti-pollution groups, he says, figure people will respect them and give money only out of fear.
What's especially annoying is how they try scaring children.
"The strategy here has been to get to kids," said Mr. Sanera, in hopes of getting them in the habit of thinking the worst is yet to come. "It's been that way since Earth Day Number One."
This cheats children because they learn simply to fear the environment rather than to make sensible decisions.
Environmentalists rely on fear to advance their agenda.
That's dishonest. It's insulting to assume that people don't care about the enivronment and being good stewards of the Earth.
That's not taking the high road. It's a dirty tactic.
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