Barack’s first steps

November 5, 2008 by  
Filed under environment science, politics

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Bill McKibben just posted a fantastic article on Yale e360 about possible next steps for our new President Elect.

Any hope of succeeding will require Obama to grasp, deep in his guts, the fact that climate, energy, food, and the economy are now hopelessly intertwined, and that trying to solve any one of these problems without taking on the others simply makes all of them worse. More, he needs to understand, again viscerally, the single stark fact of our time: No matter how many votes, no matter how much lobbying, no matter how much pressure you apply, you can’t amend the laws of physics and chemistry. They aren’t like the laws that politicians are used to dealing with. They will be obeyed, like it or not. 350 is now the most important number on the planet, the red line that defines reality reality.

Go HERE to be enlightened and challenged by an amazing writer.

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