usa pollution end (lazy)

memorial usa war 2007 (usa pollution dumb)

2007 Trike train on the Greenway Minneapolis (no scottsdale no arizona!!!)

2008 United States Is The World's Largest Emitter - please child

Kyoto Protocol entered into force on 16 February 2005. global warming

global emission reduction, climate-friendly future.

http://www.climatehotmap.org/namerica.html

• Carbon dioxide (CO2);

• Methane (CH4);

• Nitrous oxide (N2O);

• Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs);

• Perfluorocarbons (PFCs); and

• Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)

Sea level rise and storms:
Northeastern states could face costs of up to $5 billion from a single weather event
Protecting the coast from San Francisco Bay to Santa Barbara from a 3 1⁄2 foot sea level rise would cost an initial $1.5 billion.

Rising temperatures and drought:
The San Antonio Texas Edwards Aquifer region could face agricultural losses of up to $6.5 billion by 2030.
New York State's agricultural sector could lose up to $1.2 billion annually.
The Great Plains region may see demand for water increase by 50% by 2090. This area currently uses 40% of its total water supply.

90% of its land is used for agriculture.Energy use:
Higher temperatures mean more energy needed for cooling purposes.
Preparing for warmer weather nationwide is projected to cost $300 billion by 2050.

Illness:
Historically, increased hospital visits, disease and even death have been associated with unusually high temperatures.
Outbreaks of tropical diseases are expected to increase.
Kyoto Protocol is real and it's here. There are no longer excuses for inaction.

http://www.wecansolveit.org/ October 29, 2008

http://www.climatecrisis.net/ Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced. If that sounds like a recipe for serious gloom and doom -- think again. From director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who, in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the course of his life to focus on a last-ditch, all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. In this eye-opening and poignant portrait of Gore and his "traveling global warming show," Gore also proves himself to be one of the most misunderstood characters in modern American public life. Here he is seen as never before in the media - funny, engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" out to ordinary citizens before it's too late.

With2005, the worst storm season ever experienced in America just behind us, it seems we may be reaching a tipping point - and Gore pulls no punches in explaining the dire situation. Interspersed with the bracing facts and future predictions is the story of Gore's personal journey: from an idealistic college student who first saw a massive environmental crisis looming; to a young Senator facing a harrowing family tragedy that altered his perspective, to the man who almost became President but instead returned to the most important cause of his life - convinced that there is still time to make a difference.

With wit, smarts and hope, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ultimately brings home Gore's persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenges facing our global civilization.

Paramount Classics and Participant Productions present a film directed by Davis Guggenheim, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Featuring Al Gore, the film is produced by Laurie David, Lawrence Bender and Scott Z. Burns. Jeff Skoll and Davis Guggenheim are the executive producers and the co-producer is Leslie Chilcott.