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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums“A generation from now"
...historians will laugh at us for being more afraid of Iran than climate change.
Please end the climate change silence, Mr Obama.
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“A generation from now" (Original Post)
AgingAmerican
Dec 2012
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AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)1. A 'Kick' before I head off to work...
...for the children of this planet, who will have to live with the consequences of our silence.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)2. our children and grandchildren have lots of reasons to hate us
start with climate change and move to health care, then draining the aquifers.............
jwirr
(39,215 posts)3. Especially since we Know better.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)4. yep - and the reason behind our lack of action
is to satisfy the wealthy 1%
99Forever
(14,524 posts)5. The importance of this...
.. cannot be over-stated. There may not be much of a a generation from now" even if we get on it immediately.
But, like Nero, our "leaders" fiddle while the planet burns.