As A Government Employee, You Can't Testify

The Most Difficult Task, Phase-out Over The Next 20-25 Years Of Coal Use That Does Not Capture Co₂, Is Herculean, Yet Feasible When Compared With The Efforts That Went Into World War Ii. The Stakes, For All Life On The Planet, Surpass Those Of Any Previous Crisis. The Greatest Danger Is Continued Ignorance And Denial, Which Could Make Tragic Consequences Unavoidable.

Only In The Last Few Years Did The Science Crystallize, Revealing The Urgency - Our Planet Really Is In Peril. If We Do Not Change Course Soon, We Will Hand Our Children A Situation That Is Out Of Their Control.

We Have At Most Ten Years - Not Ten Years To Decide Upon Action, But Ten Years To Alter Fundamentally The Trajectory Of Global Greenhouse Emissions... We Are Near A Tipping Point, A Point Of No Return, Beyond Which The Built In Momentum And Feedbacks Will Carry Us To Levels Of Climate Change With Staggering Consequences For Humanity And All Of The Residents Of This Planet.

Talking Nice About Sun And Wind And Green Jobs Is Just Greenwash.

Imagine A Giant Asteroid On A Direct Collision Course With Earth. That Is The Equivalent Of What We Face Now With Climate Change, Yet We Dither.