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Posted Thu Aug 28 2008: from ScienceAlert (Australia and New Zealand):
Climate code red -- the case for emergency action http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1219961316
 "Very few, if any, people in government get the whole story, so there's a gaping hole between what the science is telling us and the policy response," says Spratt. "Politicians think you can negotiate with the laws of physics and chemistry, but you do so at the planet's peril. If business-as-usual pollution continues there will be catastrophic consequences." 'Code Red' refers to the system employed in hospitals to alert staff that a patient needs advanced life support; it activates an emergency response. The planet, the authors contend, needs that level of life support now.
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