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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsClimate Change is now THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION ISSUE!!!!
Before Hurricane Sandy arrived, that was not true...in fact, it wasnt even on the radar....but that was then and now it is on the minds of all Americans, even the Climate Change deniers.....
The reality now is that people are seeing right before their very eyes what the ICCC Scientists have been warning us about for the last decade. This is a preview of what is going to be coming more frequently. And the reason "former REPUBLICANS" like Bloomberg come out and endorse Obama is because they see the writing on the wall - that we need leadership that understands the seriousness of Global Climate Change, the importance of the role of the Federal Government in assistance and more importantly NOT DENYING IT and re-building our entire INFRASTRUCTURE to prepare and deal better with it.
And the choice: A President who recognizes this and will do something about it versus a Climate Change Denier who makes jokes about climate Change to his laughing minions about rising oceans and who thinks the Federal Govt should be smaller and its the states and private business controlling and in charge.
That's the Choice...and I disagree that Climate Change isn't an issue in this election....its now THE ISSUE!!!!! Because even though the issues of jobs and the economy are at the forefront of people's minds, those issues are directly impacted by the Climate Change Issue.
Pachamama, (Quechua for Mother Earth) is speaking to us all....and we need to start listening before its too late....
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(12,051 posts)course, it's a problem whether or not it is addressed during the election or any other time, but no candidate can lay out the real ramifications of the problem without getting booed off the stage. That speech, if it is ever given, will be given by an incumbent who is willing to really take the heat for suggesting the drastic measures needed.
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(34,845 posts)If it's framed in economic terms, that will certainly help. The solar power industry is growing. Not fast enough but it's showing signs of movement and it's only going to get faster.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)And it will be well received by the majority of people, including Republicans who remember their origins and think for themselves and are not end-timers or Tea Party.