Thursday, August 23, 2012

Climate Change SOS: Which Side Are You On?

Burning fossil fuels kills.  Coal and oil are already making the planet sick and it’s only going to get worse until a choice is made to stop denying the truth, start cleaning up, and get on track to putting an end to it.  It comes down to this:  those who stand in the way of ending fossil fuel dependence are making a choice to let people suffer—from the thousands who die annually from coal pollution, to the 74 Americans killed by extreme heat this summer, to the children who will spend their afternoons hooked up to ventilators because of increased asthma events, to the globe’s hungry and poor sweltering amidst recurring droughts.  

These are real mothers, fathers, and children whose illness and death are avoidable.  Each one matters.  Humankind has faced this type of ethical challenge in the past—whether to confront injustice and overcome it, or to turn a blind eye—and it’s time to stop pretending that the nation’s addiction to fossil fuels is any different. 
Read more in Franz Matzner’s blog.

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