I just read an article on “The Huffington Post” regarding a professor who “has accepted upwards of $150,000 from coal interests and coal-burning electric utility companies, for his advocacy against the overwhelming scientific consensus on global warming”.

This doesn’t really suprise me. Acknowledging that the planet is warming and we are the causing it is difficult. Especially when you stop and think about the what’s going to happen. It’s real easy to stick our heads in the sand and pretend that it isn’t real.

The problem is, it is real. Ignoring it won’t solve it. Ignoring it won’t make someone else solve the problem. The coal industry isn’t going to admit that their product causes global warming. All of the coal miners aren’t going to demand that their Congressional Representatives write legislation that would eliminate their jobs. It’s not going to happen.

We the people need to demand that our leaders acknowledge global warming, and develop real solutions. We need to not only work to eliminate the burning of coal, but also provide a realistic program to to retrain coal miners and ensure that they stay employed.

I’m just scared that this isn’t going to happen. In the meantime, we need to make buy our power from environmental suppliers, reduce our personal carbon emissions, and try to educate our peers.

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