The Moment We've Been Waiting For
Posted June 22, 2009 in Solving Global Warming
So this is the week for climate and energy legislation in the House of Representatives. Years of work will come to a head very soon. The bill is expected to come to the floor on Thursday or Friday.
Given where I started in the environmental community, at a scientists group, I was glad to see those who brought this critical issue to the world's attention weigh in.
In a letter recently published by the Woods Hole Research Center, leading climate scientists called for urgent action on climate and sustatined Presidential leadership. It looks like we are getting both of those things this week with action on the American Clean Energy and Security Act and statements from President Obama on the importance of moving to a clean energy future.
This excerpt summed everything up nicely:
The time for national action on climatic change is now. There has already been too much delay. The stakes are far too high to compromise the integrity of, and our responsibility for, prompt national action.
I could not agree more.
