What's Known for Certain? Scientists know for certain that human activities are changing the composition of Earth's atmosphere. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2 ), in the atmosphere since pre-industrial times have been well documented. There is no doubt this atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is largely the result of human activities
The EPA's official stance on global warming can be found at this site. Hmm. With this level of certainty, within our government, as to the effects of humans on earth's atmosphere, what is the controversial issue about adopting more environmentally friendly policies? Decius provided me earlier with some "non-partisan" websites with more info. Here they are: " http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=238 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming_controversy Of course, the British Government could be viewed as "liberal:" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4660938.stm CNN is also known as the "Communist News Network:" http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/01/21/climate.cooling.ap/ The author of that report is: http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/ If you're looking for a politically conservative view, you should try the Cato Institute: http://www.cato.org/current/global-warming/" If everyone agrees- at least- that humans have some effect on the atmosphere, why wouldn't it be at least a low-level priority to make that effect positive? Scientists? Explain please. EPA : Global Warming : Climate : Uncertainties |