This story was originally published by ProPublica. The signals are blaring: Dramatic changes to our climate are well upon us. These changes — we know thanks to a steady drumbeat of alarming official reports over the past 12 months — could cripple the U.S. economy, threaten to make vast stretches of our coastlines uninhabitable, make basic food supplies scarce and push millions of the planet’s poorest people into cities and across borders as they flee environmental perils. All is not yet lost, we are told, but the demands of the moment are great.
For 20 Years, Us Carbon Emissions Have Been Dropping. Last Year, They Spiked.
Abrahm Lustgarten, Mother Jones
Mon, 01/21/2019 - 4:00am
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