As the World Burns -- Ryan Lizza

After reading As the World Burns by Ryan Lizza, I was left frustrated on how people in politics can act. Climate change is a big issue and many seem to know that it is and are unwilling to do anything about it and others are shot down every time they try to make a difference to help better our environment. We know that Obama had two major issues he wanted to resolve besides the current recession and they were Health Care and Climate Change. How could he just take a backseat to everything that was occurring? Why did he not join in the fight to come up with a plan to resolve the problem after he said he wanted to? Noticing that many Senate members decided to not take part because of their reelection statuses is to me somewhat not understandable. Many scientist and community members know that the world is not at all like it once was when it comes to the weather. Everyone notices that it has become a lot warmer and a lot colder in different parts of the world compared to what it was 20 even 30 years ago. It is awful to see how an idea/bill that is completely pure by protecting the world and the living beings that roam its surface to be manipulated and twisted by others just so they could have what they want/support that is needed is heartbreaking. There were people getting along on a project that is rare to see and collaborations were occurring and succeeding to let it all just slip away and vanish is devastating. By the time the Obama administration is through it may be too late to save what once was on this planet. In other words we may have just lost our only hope in actually changing the amount of emissions and energy conservation to help sustain our way of living. I guess we will have to wait until someone new is elected president to see if something will firmly be placed into action in terms of climate change and how we will slow it down and reduce it.