Tuesday, September 1, 2009

ENG 105 - The Sermilik fjord in Greenland

Read and comment. Given ever-increasing hard evidence in the form of scientific fact, how ethical is the protection of business interests over actual methods of dealing with and preparing for drastic climate change?

Click here for the article on the Sermilik fjord.

"If I was, God forbid, the leader of the free world, I would implement some changes to deal with the maximum risk that we might reasonably expect to encounter, rather than always planning for the minimum. We won't know the consequences of not doing that until it's way too late. Even as a politician on a four-year elected cycle, you can't morally leave someone with that problem."

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