Our Mother Is Calling

The recent United Nations climate change conference concluded today and again, the major greenhouse  gas polluters, China, India & the U.S, bullshitted their way out of doing anything substantive to address this critical problem (they refused to ratify). The house is burning & all they have is a little bucket (half-filled at that!) to put out the fire. The 27-member European Union, Australia, Switzerland & 8 other industrialized nations signed up for binding emission cuts by 2020 - they represent about 15 percent of global emissions. At least they see the urgency. 
Greenpeace International's Kumi Naidoo (featured above) cut to the chase at the conclusion of the talks by offering this critique of the U.S role:
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"The US remains outside the Kyoto Protocol, and its delegation came to Doha and immediately launched into blocking progress on nearly every front. Despite the devastation of Superstorm Sandy and polls showing majority support for climate policy, Obama's team exhibits no improvement from previous COPs. With his administration’s subsidies of fossil fuel export that could negate domestic carbon pollution reduction, President Obama’s legacy could turn out to be no better than his predecessor’s"
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 Many observers have concluded that the only solution to this lack of urgency on the part of the major polluters is grassroots action. Thankfully, this is already taking place as people are resisting fossil fuels and dirty energy, building clean energy cooperatives, transforming our food systems, and protecting our forests, land and water from multinational corporations
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Whatever time & talents we have, let's put them to good use and save our Mother before there is nothing left to save.
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OneLove
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:::MME:::