Dr. James Hansen’s speech last night brought out a cheering crowd and called on US citizens to join together and stop new coal and demand that our country rethink targets for cutting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. “If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, humans must reduce CO2 from its current 385 parts per million (ppm) to at most 350 ppm.”
Dr. Hansen joined the Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now at our Earth Day rally last night. Both Ms Goodman and Rev. Wallis have recently released books addressing the issue of global warming.
One of my favorite quotes came from Jim Wallis:
“The neglect of our natural environment and its degradation is not just bad policy; it’s bad theology. When climate change and ecological pressures threaten the survival of civilization as we know it, I want to reassert an ethic of environmental stewardship that is rooted in our most basic moral and religious values.”
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