As the year comes to a close, and so does the COP15 Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, a dark omen moved its way up the east coast of the United States this weekend.
The biggest blizzard anyone can remember... in December. It started south- North Carolina, and moved up the coast. Washington DC received two feet in most areas. Everything shut down, people died, everyone was in shock. At the same time, Florida received massive floods.
And what were our leaders doing in Copenhagen? Well, they were supposed to be coming together to solve a crisis. Instead, they were stalling, using rhetoric to get around actually doing anything. Correction: that's what the big-shot countries were doing. Leaders of smaller countries like the Maldives and Gabon were really calling for action, summoning the players of the world to really get something done. There were a handful of truly inspiring individuals over in Copenhagen- not only presidents and prime ministers, but also the activists who held vigils, protested, and fasted during the week.
So why can't people like Obama get the message? Is he apathetic about the issue? Ignorant of its urgency? Or just a puppet of the corporations that really control America? It's hard to know. My e-mail inbox is full of messages from energetic environmental organizations that are trying so hard to put a positive spin on things, but the underlying message is grim, defeated.
It's about time people look out their windows, see the huge mountains of snow that simply shouldn't be there, and do something about this "little" problem that we have. The time is here, and there's never been a bigger reminder right before our eyes.
No comments:
Post a Comment