UNITED STATES: Global warming at 'tipping point'

On March 15, Reuters reported on new findings by the Washington-based World Resources Institute that human-fuelled global warming has reached a "tipping point". The institute has released a report surveying recent scientific research, which found that even if greenhouse gas emissions were halted immediately, global warming would continue. According to the report, "the world may well have moved past a key physical tipping point" and that the effects of climate change are of such severity that immediate action should be taken to both prevent further damage and to repair existing damage. A survey released by the Civil Society Institute on March 15 found that 83% of people in the US want greater government leadership to reduce the pollution linked to global warming.

From Green Left Weekly, March 29, 2006.

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