Every American Will Pay Energy Taxes
FactCheck.org debunks the GOP arguments: True or false? Carbon regulation will cost you $3,100
And meanwhile things keep warming up. See Ars: Government report: climate change here, mitigation needed now
The US government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a report that looks at the effects that global climate change will have on the United States. Entitled Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, it draws material from 13 US government science agencies. The report is meant to be one that can be used by anyone—policymakers, school teachers, and people in industry and business. Eschewing the scientific terminology that is omnipresent in peer-reviewed science, the report uses everyday language to describe the effects that global climate change will have on various parts of the US and what can be done to minimize those risks. In general, its authors' conclusion is that the earlier we start changing, the less severe and shorter-lived the final impact of climate change will be.
This report is not out to rehash old arguments about the issue, as its opening sentences demonstrate: "Observations show that warming of the climate is unequivocal. The global warming observed over the past 50 years is due primarily to human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases." From there on out, the report focuses primarily on what will happen in the United States while highlighting current and potential responses to these changes.
