Links Between Tobacco Wars and Climate Denial

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3. People who do understand are already making incremental changes.

For example, I don't drive around like I used to--I combine chores much more, and avoid distances. I recycle almost EVERYTHING. I'm growing my own organic garden, and I am cleaning up the little rent house where I'll likely end my days--given how the economy is going.

I must assert that the climate change deniers need to open their eyes within their own environments. The drive I make to work each day takes me past several large hay fields. I used to see great flocks of birds--mostly red-winged blackbirds and flycatchers. I couldn't count the meadowlarks and other song birds foraging along the fence lines. There are very few birds now. VERY few!

I can count on one hand the number of honey bees I saw this past spring and summer. The fields and yards used to be alive with them.

I did not see a single sweat bee, either...

The butterflies are scarce now, too.

I think Rachel Carson's Silent Spring should be required reading for our children, and we should--as a species--do whatever we can to heal our ecosystem. The next two decades are going to be challenging, no matter what we do. But, efforts NOW might mitigate this likely extinction event.