Climate Change
Climate change is among the greatest threats to birds, other wildlife,
and people ever experienced by humanity. We still have the power to affect
how serious its consequences will be, but we must act now!
- Impacts are already being seen and long term-predictions
make it clear that Audubon and every concerned organization must
get members to take action now to reduce global warming pollution.
- As many Audubon members in New Mexico have witnessed for themselves,
global warming is already affecting the traditional range of
many birds including Common Yellowthroat, Steller’s Jay,
and Townsend’s Solitaire, all of which have shifted their
wintering range northward.
Jeremy Philipp and class at Audubon’s “The
Lorax” event
(by Dr. Seuss).
Thanks to Chuck Jones Gallery, Santa Fe.
- Real solutions exist now.
- Everyone can make lifestyle changes and help to alter local
and national policies so we can deal with this issue while there’s
still time to protect the things we care about.
- Scientists tell us we need to cut global warming pollution by
2% a year to reach our goal of 80 % cuts by mid-century. That means
leaving behind the dirty fossil fuel driven technologies of yesterday
and adopting the clean renewable energy solutions that will fuel
the economy of tomorrow.
- By capping Global Warming pollution and using technologies we
have today—wind, solar, increased energy efficiency and conservation — we
can achieve more than three-quarters of the emissions reductions
we need to reach our goal.
- Addressing global warming pollution will help to protect
birds, other wildlife, and natural resources.
- Lowering fossil fuel consumption also reduces air and water
pollution that harm wildlife, people and economic values.
- Protecting and restoring forests, farmland, grasslands and other
means of carbon sequestration provides significant benefits for
habitat and ecosystems.
- We can have economic growth at the same time that we cut
carbon pollution.
- Strong economic growth and job creation will happen under a
comprehensive clean energy and climate plan. For instance, in
New Mexico the worst case scenario points a picture of a 50%
increase in GDP, 40% increase in personal income, and 11.4% job
growth between now and 2030.
Labor Day Rally in the Railyard Park in Santa
Fe
photo thanks to Clean Energy Works
(a coalition that includes Audubon New Mexico)
- The solutions to reducing global warming pollution provide
lots of other benefits and those benefits far outweigh the costs.
- Reducing oil consumption reduces air and water pollution.
- Overall, addressing these emissions conserves our environment
and the people who depend upon it, improves our national security
by reducing our addiction to oil, and makes America a leader in
producing clean energy jobs and technologies.
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