Letter to the Editor
(11/17/14 10:01am)
Climate change is a politically charged matter, despite well-developed theories and overwhelming evidence pointing to its nature as a verifiable phenomenon. In its fourth and final report on climate change, the IPCC summarized decades of research – 30,000 scientific studies, in fact – ultimately concluding that human activity is responsible for climate change. The fossil fuel industry will continue to be, unless otherwise checked, a catalyst for continued warming of the earth, which will have dire consequences, documented and unforeseen. Who has the power to enact change?