The world wants action to slow climate change -- Nathan Dombeck - Madison.com
The world wants action to slow climate change -- Nathan Dombeck
Climate change is a tricky topic, polarizing in the extreme. When talking to your nextdoor neighbor, nothing will glaze their eyes over faster than the term "global warming."
And yet, for all that, people want to do something, anything, to pump the brakes on this process. Do you feel like that? Do you feel like we need to take action now?
You're not alone. The newest study of its kind, administered by the Yale Program on Climate Change and involving over 60,000 people across 23 countries (representing 70% of the world's population), confirms you are not alone. A full 78%, nearly four out of every five people surveyed, agreed with the statement: "It is essential that our government does whatever it takes to limit the effects of climate change."
The most common reason given? To protect the planet for the next generation.
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I couldn't agree more. Send this message to your local, state and federal government: When it comes to saving ourselves from the worst effects of a changing climate, it is time to do whatever it takes.
Nathan Dombeck, Janesville
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