Last week, yet another scientific study reported "with high confidence" a link between human activities and a host of changes occuring around the world such as shrinking glaciers and longer growing seasons. These are but two of the symptoms reported by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with greenhouse gas emissions deemed the likely culprit. Large and lasting effects on human affairs and the "web of life" on planet Earth are predicted for perhaps the rest of this century. But while we in the US fiddle, other countries around the world seem to be taking preventative action to deal with the consequences of global warming.

The Boston Globe; April 5, 2008

Submitted by R. Campbell