Climate - Paris talks

I recently read an article written by Josh Marks on the website inhabit.com regarding the climate change crisis- “The fossil fuel industry for years has been purposefully misleading the American public about the scientific consensus on man-made global warming. That is the finding of a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science that analyzed 20 years’ worth of data. The study, titled “Corporate funding and ideological polarization about climate change,” found that ExxonMobil and the Koch family foundations used similarly deceptive tactics as Big Tobacco to create doubt and confusion about human induced climate change. My favorite targets regarding miss-deeds, the Koch brothers continue to wreak havoc on democracy and not caring even a little about the other 99%.

The Paris talks have 7 or 8 more days for world leaders to sign an agreement regarding what actions to take. Based on past efforts, the influence of the Koch brothers, and big oil companies nothing will change. My generation didn’t realize what burning fossil fuel would do, but people a lot smarter than me did and were shouted down. The Marshall Islands are in immediate danger. Take a look at this site: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/02/world/The-Marshall-Islands-Are-Disappearing.html?emc=edit_na_20151202&nlid=68089924&ref=cta&_r=0

To my fellow students, sadly, I can only apologize for the damage my generation has done, but together we can pressure our leaders to do something now so that your generation and your children’s generation have a plausible chance of avoiding an apocalypse.