Earth Day 2006

Would someone please tell our President that Global Warming IS real and that although it does need more study, it also needs more action. Thanks to this administration turning back clean air standards and enviromental regulations in order to please the polluting corporations such as gas companies and energy companies, our air is filthier, our water is undrinkable in some cases and our wildlife is suffering.

www.enviromentaldefense.org has some interesting facts on Global Warming.

2005 was the hottest year on record according to NASA

100% Increase in intensity and durationof hurricanes and tropical storms since the 1970's, according to a 2005 MIT study.

2030 Year by which Glacier National Park will have no glaciers left, according to the U.S. Geological Survey predictions.

400,000 Square miles of Arctic sea ice that have melted in the last 30 years (roughly the size of Texas)

15%- 37% Amount of plant and animal species that global warming could wipe out by 2050.

Rank of the United States as a global warming pollutercompared to other large nations? NUMBER 1

Number of former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leaders who say the U.S. is not doing enough to fight global warming? 6

Number of bills passed by Congress to cut global warming pollution? ZERO