Posted on 06/24/2015 6:18:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Climate change, if left unchecked, threatens to undermine the last half century of gains in global health. That's the conclusion of a study released Monday by an international commission convened by the Lancet, a prestigious medical journal based in the UK. Declaring it a "medical emergency," the authors argued that the potential impacts of global warming—such as floods, drought, heat stress, catastrophic storms, the spread of disease, and increased food insecurity—pose a "potentially catastrophic risk" to human health.
The study's authors, however, highlight a potential sliver of good news: Tackling the issue immediately presents "the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century."
Confronting climate change—and therefore achieving better public health and a decarbonized global economy—is no longer a technical or economic question, the report states. The primary barrier is political. "Bold political commitment can ensure that the technical expertise, technology, and finance to prevent further significant climate change is readily available, and is not a barrier to action."
(Excerpt) Read more at motherjones.com ...
Aside from the faulty premise, I think the worry list includes such health-positive wonders as the National Health Service and Obamacare. /S
The root of insanity started when Adam chose to believe he could be god.
I’m curious, just when did Adam make such a choice? If you believe that Adam was in the Garden and walked with God, then nothing was hidden from God, and Adam’s choices must have been consistent with “the plan”. If you believe otherwise, then we have arrived at this point in time without the knowledge or assistance of a Father who knows all and is in control. Otherwise, global warming is real and we are a law unto ourselves, and truly lost, putting to shame the sacrifice of the Son in our behalf.
As an aside, where do you suppose Adam got such an idea that he could be like his creator?
What I’m suggesting is a return to self-sufficiency of nations and secured national borders.
Certainly no argument with those points.
Capitalism won’t kill the planet, but Socialism will kill its inhabitants.
As an aside, where do you suppose Adam got such an idea that he could be like his creator?
He introduced an “alternative” to Eve/Adam by a twisting of words, introducing seeds of doubt of the goodness and love of the Creator, that He was withholding something good from them, and that they could bypass that restriction and decide right and wrong for themselves.
Sounds a LOT like modern “liberalism”, does it not?
Mankind is truly domed. Like a stadium built in the seventies.
“we’ve got this Confederate flag thing to worry about first...”
... And there are gays that can’t get “married”
I was pretending to believe your post about me in a satirical tone and you couldn’t even tell I was kidding back at you! We need to exterminate every last human being, it’s our only hope.
You meant that. Let’s nuke it from orbit.
You guys crack me up!
Hell’s Bells, I may as well start smoking again.
Don’t worry, the next Maunder Minimum will solve global warming. We may be entering one as we speak.
However one must consider that global warming will reduce snowshoe accidents and slips and falls on icey sidewalks.
Mother Jones..the magazine that makes Salon look conservative.
This is why the dems wanted Obamacare so much.
Everything can be regulated and controlled in the name of public health. Or, “as the secretaru hall determine.”
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