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In 1985, Carl Sagan addressed Congress, warning that the persistent burning of fossil fuels would lead to elevated global temperatures, trigger climate change, melting glaciers and ice sheets, and result in rising sea levels.

Via Sophia Kianni

Sophia Kianni@SophiaKianni

Student @Stanford

Founder @ClimateCardinal | Youngest Advisor @UN

We should have listened. Imagine if we did.

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Steven Schmidt, GreenPolicy360 Founder/Siterunner, looks back to the initial warnings of "global warming" coming onto the radar screen in the environmental movement:

1970s/1980s, Remembering the Beginnings of Earth Science/Climate Science and Environmental Protection Movement

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/1969_beginnings_of_the_modern_environmental_movement.pdf

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Day_Memories_on_the_50th_Anniversary

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Vorsorgeprinzip_at_GreenPolicy360_-_sjs.png

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Global_Warming

SJS/GreenPolicy360: "We are the first generation to scientifically and systemically monitor the 'Vital Signs' of the Earth...

Let us work now to expand our vision and act to protect Earth's living systems. The well-being of future generations is in our hands."

Eco-ethics

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Eco-ethics

Memories of the first National Climate Act legislation (Drafted by Rep. George E. Brown) -- 1978

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:US_Public_Law_95-367.png