What does the future hold for our rivers? Are our river protectors aware?
From the [U.K.] Independent,
Heatwave turns America's waterways into rivers of death.
"Significant tolls of fresh-water species, from pike to trout, have been reported, most frequently in the Midwest..."
Climate change is here — and worse than we thought, says James Hansen, the climate scientist who's got perhaps the best track record on climate change. His Aug 3 Washington Post op-ed goes on to say,
"...the past six decades of global temperatures...[show] a stunning
increase in the frequency of extremely hot summers, with deeply
troubling ramifications for not only our future but also for our
present.
This is not a climate model or a prediction but actual observations of weather events and temperatures that have happened."
I think we can all see the likely fate of Sierra rivers and their fish, if we continue to act like ostriches and let climate change have its way with us.
Hansen concludes,
"We can solve the challenge of climate change with a gradually rising fee
on carbon collected from fossil-fuel companies, with 100 percent of the
money rebated to all legal residents on a per capita basis. This would
stimulate innovations and create a robust clean-energy economy with
millions of new jobs. It is a simple, honest and effective solution."
Where are Nevada County's activists on this issue? There's a bizarre "dog that didn't bark" aspect to the local selective blindness. Folks, this issue will doom your mission if we don't address it; surely you do realize this?
What do you need, in order to speak up?
I don't want to be an activist - I'm not suited for it, I'm not good at it. The people who are, really need to step up to the plate.
