Top 5 Reasons to Be Hopeful About 2010

Despite the epic failure of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, I think there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful that 2010 will be a banner year for achieving new and lasting environmental protection. Here are the top 5 reasons why:

5.) The EPA’s official “endangerment finding” on greenhouse gases — the determination that they pose a threat to human health and welfare — obligates the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. This gives us another tool with which to combat global warming. The climate bill passed by the House of Representatives would actually strip this regulatory capacity from the EPA, however, while the Senate bill so far does not. But still, I think the endangerment finding is a very positive step, as it puts pressure on both houses of Congress to take action, and gives us a fallback option should Congress fail to act.

4.) The call for action is growing louder every day. About halfway through the Copenhagen climate summit, for instance, the global coalition Tcktcktck.org hit the 15 million calls for climate action mark. There are now well over 15 million “Global Citizens for Climate Action” counted by the site. People from all over the globe are realizing that climate change is the greatest threat we face, and are committed to doing something about it. These types of numbers cannot be ignored for long.

via globalwarming.change.org

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