Although the weather outside is frightful, Vermonters are experiencing an old fashioned winter that offers plenty of snow shoveling, slippery and challenging driving, boots, and warm coats. We’re used to that. Boston is buried in six feet of snow from the two largest recorded snowstorms since the Civil War – it’s unprecedented. Wild weather is happening everywhere and it is impacting all of us. The big question remains, are these weather patterns a result of global climate change?
More skeptics are coming to the conclusion that whatever the cause, we need to take action now. Scientists state that their model predictions are coming true but not willing to state that one particular storm is the result of global warming. It is evident that we need to mobilize our citizens to combat climate change now. This weekend in communities around the country, including Shelburne, Interfaith Power and Light (IPL) is organizing a National Preach-In on Global Warming in churches, synagogues, and mosques in a unified effort for a faith-based call to action to combat global climate change. Keep reading…
