A new report from the National Academy of Sciences reminds the public of the immediate and pressing need for widespread, significant reduction of carbon emissions and greenhouse gases.
In a new report authored by the National Academy of Sciences and co-authored by several other branches of the American scientific community, the case was made for immediate, widespread action on the climate change front, with hope for a reduction of impact that might accompany some of that major action. Those who have been heavily involved in the press for more environmentally sound ways of producing energy have long known what this report confirms; that change is necessary if the world we live in will continue to look the way it does now for future generations.
Specifically, the report mentioned the importance of reducing carbon emissions and greenhouse gases, one of the primary culprits when it comes to making the atmospheric temperature rise out of control. The report stated that the sooner these efforts come to fruition, the less dramatically we can expect to experience those changes. The time has past for us to eliminate these changes entirely, but immediate and long lasting reductions could very well reduce the effects.
Of course, as the report acknowledges, there is still tremendous opposition politically to making these changes. Many corporations have taken it upon themselves to make token changes for public relations purposes, but major changes, many believe, will have to come from the lawmakers in Washington. When the very companies they would be charged with regulating are the ones pouring money into their campaign coffers, pessimists wonder if scaling back carbon emissions is even possible.
