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<p><em><strong>It&#8217;s too late</strong>. The world has missed the opportunity to avoid serious,  damaging human-induced climate change. For a variety of reasons ranging  from ignorance to political ideology to commercial self-interest to  inertia to intentional misrepresentations and misdirections on the part  of a small number of committed climate deniers, the United States and  the rest of the world have waited too long to act to cut the emissions  of damaging greenhouse gas pollutants. We are now <strong>committed </strong>to  irreversible long-term and inevitably damaging consequences ranging from <strong> rapidly rising sea levels, far greater heat stress and damages,  disappearing glaciers and snowpack, more flooding and droughts, and far,  far more.</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-h-gleick/unavoidable-climate-chang_b_786158.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a></p>
<p>Someone needs to be committed&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>h/t to <a href="http://climatedepot.com/">Marc Morano</a></p>
<p>Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum in one of the best movie scenes ever &#8230;</p>
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