'We really seriously have to deal with climate change,' Toronto mayor says - InsideNoVa
'We really seriously have to deal with climate change,' Toronto mayor says
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow spoke with reporters Tuesday, as the city was hit by power outages and widespread flooding amid a heavy storm. Chow said climate change is real and Toronto needs to do more flood prevention work.
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What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.