Thom Hartmann: Time is running out for Climate Change

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While the study hasn’t been released yet - a draft of it has - and it’s pretty stunning. The draft report from the International Panel on Climate Change - or IPCC - says that time is quickly running out for world powers to slash their use of fossil fuels and stay below the 2 degree Celsius limit on global warming that 200 nations agreed upon in 2010. More importantly - the draft suggests that we only have 15 years to take the proper actions needed to safely reach that global warming limit. We’ve waited long enough to address the climate change crisis - and in the process - we’re already creating havoc. From superstorms - droughts - and killer cold- and heat-waves to the crop failures in the Middle East that touched off the Arab Spring - climate change is here - now. The Affordable Care Act was a big deal - but having a doctor does you no good when the entire human race is faced with extinction. We need to mobilize our nation the way we did for World War II and jump headlong into the 21st century - thus solving the problem of the world's largest polluter and providing an example for the rest of the world. And we need to start today.

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