Marty’s photo of the day #5110: I shot this photo of the Bear Glacier in 2002, while traveling in Canada for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. Now the glacier has melted into a fraction of what it once was. Some photos I’ve seen show that the ice doesn’t even reach the lake anymore.
Thank Republicans for that! Ever since President Ronald Reagan ordered the solar panels ripped off the roof of the White House and cut funding for alternative energy, the Republican Party has been denying global warming and giving massive tax breaks to oil companies. Because of them, years and years of potential progress have been wasted. Now we have heat waves and forest fires that are unprecedented.
And why is it that the Republican Party always talks about America being the “Greatest Country in the World” yet drops the ball on the most serious human-caused problem in history?
As Democrats, liberals, and environmental organizations try to lead on mitigating human-caused global warming, fucking Republicans keep trying to push us back to the 1950s when there were few, if any, environmental regulations.
Yeah, if Republicans would have just gotten the fuck out of the way and stopped kissing the asses of wealthy oil company executives, we’d be well on our way to winning the battle against global warming.