Your Health and the Environment Trampled by Trump
Scientists knew about the dangers of global warming in 1957, [1] the year I was born, and in 1970 the Environmental Protection Agency was created under the Nixon Administration. [2] After 40 years of protections and environmental cleanup of super fund pollution sites, the Trump Administration wants to roll the clock back to the pre-Nixon era of toxic dumping, energy inefficiencies, and blatant disregard for public health. Taking Responsibility The Paris Climate Accord is a voluntary agreement by the major industrial nations and 174 total countries to recognize the catastrophic effects of global warming and attempt to do something about it. The 2016 climate accord�s goal is to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees. The odds of meeting this target are slim (1 in 20) and require drastic changes in human behavior, which include; reducing carbon dioxide levels generated by; coal burning, fossil fuel powered vehicles, and industrial pollution from CFC�s and other poison...