Comments on: Droughting Climate Change http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/21/droughting-climate-change/ The Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:33:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Japhet http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/21/droughting-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-88460 Japhet Thu, 10 May 2007 19:05:43 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/21/droughting-climate-change/#comment-88460 Cathleen, The government of Australia, led by John Howard, has repeatedly attacked the issue of global warming by challenging the thousands of independent reports done by thousands of scientists of all types over the past 20 years. Howard has put out public campaigns to distract people from the truth about climate change. Now, his country is faced with a bibical-like drought that scientists believe is due to global warming and climate change. My point is not that the Howard government needs to learn a lesson, but that they now have climate change knocking on their very door, threatening their very livlihood and still they refuse to acknowledge or even entertain the notion, that global climate change is a real cause for this terrible challenge. I do believe I am helping. Its why I took a job with the Rainforest Action Network. Its why we went down to the only Latino community operated garden in South Central Los Angeles to defend it from being bulldozed. The garden was the green lungs of the community and served an enormous purpose in food production and self-sufficiency. Everyday we are working to educate folks on climate change and the impacts of it, especially on rainforest communities. At some point, though, you can't educate someone who doesn't want to hear anything you have to say. The Howard government in Australia doesn't want to hear what anyone has to say about global warming. And that is the irony: suffering from a climate change induced drought while choosing to doubt the very people we pay for their knowledge and research on the issue. Cathleen,
The government of Australia, led by John Howard, has repeatedly attacked the issue of global warming by challenging the thousands of independent reports done by thousands of scientists of all types over the past 20 years. Howard has put out public campaigns to distract people from the truth about climate change.

Now, his country is faced with a bibical-like drought that scientists believe is due to global warming and climate change.

My point is not that the Howard government needs to learn a lesson, but that they now have climate change knocking on their very door, threatening their very livlihood and still they refuse to acknowledge or even entertain the notion, that global climate change is a real cause for this terrible challenge.

I do believe I am helping. Its why I took a job with the Rainforest Action Network. Its why we went down to the only Latino community operated garden in South Central Los Angeles to defend it from being bulldozed. The garden was the green lungs of the community and served an enormous purpose in food production and self-sufficiency. Everyday we are working to educate folks on climate change and the impacts of it, especially on rainforest communities.

At some point, though, you can’t educate someone who doesn’t want to hear anything you have to say. The Howard government in Australia doesn’t want to hear what anyone has to say about global warming. And that is the irony: suffering from a climate change induced drought while choosing to doubt the very people we pay for their knowledge and research on the issue.

]]> By: cathleen http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/21/droughting-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-88110 cathleen Wed, 09 May 2007 17:52:36 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/21/droughting-climate-change/#comment-88110 i think that is so rude of you to say, "well, now the government will learn a lesson." there are people out there dying and until you actually experience desperation like that, don't go judging the government like that. instead get up and help. i think that is so rude of you to say, “well, now the government will learn a lesson.” there are people out there dying and until you actually experience desperation like that, don’t go judging the government like that. instead get up and help.

]]> By: Trond Lovdal http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/21/droughting-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-83968 Trond Lovdal Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:16:17 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/21/droughting-climate-change/#comment-83968 Well, it seems almost as if nature has its own way of balance and payback. If this does not convice Howard nothing will. Some people never will admit to having wrong views, and we see it again and again, especially in the climate change debate. The good thing about politicians is that they come and go and hopefully the next Australian government will take climate change far more seriously and be more responsible to the world community and global climate. http://earthechoes.blogspot.com Well, it seems almost as if nature has its own way of balance and payback. If this does not convice Howard nothing will. Some people never will admit to having wrong views, and we see it again and again, especially in the climate change debate. The good thing about politicians is that they come and go and hopefully the next Australian government will take climate change far more seriously and be more responsible to the world community and global climate.
http://earthechoes.blogspot.com

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