Wednesday, August 4, 2010

We’re Hot as Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More

by Bill McKibben from Tom Dispatch

In the wake of Congress doing nothing about passing a climate bill, McKibben issues a call to action by the people. 
I wrote the first book for a general audience on global warming back in 1989, and I’ve spent the subsequent 21 years working on the issue. I’m a mild-mannered guy, a Methodist Sunday School teacher. Not quick to anger. So what I want to say is: this is fucked up. The time has come to get mad, and then to get busy.
I'm as much concerned as he is. Everyday I read reports of droughts, wildfires, severe rainstorms with flash-floods, and weather anomalies.