A version of this editorial appeared here a few days ago. This OPED is available on the web through ContextFlorida.
It makes sense for President Barack Obama to be in the Everglades on Earth Day. According to the White House, he will draw attention to both the Everglades and the massive economic consequences of global warming and climate change.
Obama is likely to echo what a former Friends of the Everglades director said over a decade ago: “The Everglades is a test. If we pass, we may get to save the planet.”
The difference between the time the phrase was first spoken and today is significant.
More than 20 years ago, Everglades restoration was gaining traction as a federal and state priority after years of lawsuits and defensive blocking by Big Sugar, the chief obstructionist in Everglades restoration.
In the early 1990s, at the annual meeting of the Everglades Coalition, a booth featured global warming and the Everglades. Everglades activists skipped past the informational display because it was considered a distraction.
Global warming impacts are no longer abstract in the Everglades or anywhere else. Science filled in the gaps. So has direct observation.
Read more »It makes sense for President Barack Obama to be in the Everglades on Earth Day. According to the White House, he will draw attention to both the Everglades and the massive economic consequences of global warming and climate change.
Obama is likely to echo what a former Friends of the Everglades director said over a decade ago: “The Everglades is a test. If we pass, we may get to save the planet.”
The difference between the time the phrase was first spoken and today is significant.
More than 20 years ago, Everglades restoration was gaining traction as a federal and state priority after years of lawsuits and defensive blocking by Big Sugar, the chief obstructionist in Everglades restoration.
In the early 1990s, at the annual meeting of the Everglades Coalition, a booth featured global warming and the Everglades. Everglades activists skipped past the informational display because it was considered a distraction.
Global warming impacts are no longer abstract in the Everglades or anywhere else. Science filled in the gaps. So has direct observation.
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