Environmental policies are up to us

The election is over and now come the questions of policy and the legislative choices that will be made during this next term. In his press conference today, President Bush said, "I earned political capital in this election and now I intend to spend it."

While much of the American media attention the past couple of days has been upon the political issues of this election, important environmental findings have also come to light. There was frightening news yesterday about an eight-nation report (due for publication November 8th) created by 250 scientists who say the Arctic is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet. The major contributor to this extreme situation are the high emissions of green-house gases into the atmosphere, of which the U.S. is believed to produce one quarter.


There is no time for environmental protections to be slowed or compromised. The fight for these protections has just gotten tougher; requiring us to get more energized, more determined, more smart and more passionate about fighting for environmental concerns, for the health and survival of ourselves and our planet.