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Quit Spewing Out Greenhouse Gases, America!
That, in short, is my message to the United States. I’m inspired to scream in my headline after watching Al Gore warn the U.S. Senate on Wednesday that the U.S. needs to join the rest of the world in signing a treaty to cut greenhouse emissions. The planet will soon reach a “tipping point” of damage to the climate, Gore told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (Click here for CNN news brief, Gore Warns of Damage to Climate Change). If the United States — the world’s biggest per-capita producer of greenhouse gases — doesn’t get on board with cutting emissions drastically, the world’s climate will heat up to levels that may not be able…