I can’t figure out why anyone
would call global warming a hoax. Some call it a Democratic conspiracy to kill
jobs. Why would somebody, or let alone an entire party making up half of the
country’s people try to kill jobs, or lie about climate change?
Science shows that certain
pollutants created by MANY polluting factors have caused the globe to become
warmer. Factories, energy exploration, cars, and even cattle farming are only a
few of these polluters. These climate changes that are taking place on our
globe have changed the temperature and acidity of the oceans. Without
regulation and working with the rest of the world, the pollution that many
people of the world endure could be worse. I’m pretty sure that the “kill jobs”
theory is a conspiracy of its own. The Trump administration is doing away with
many environmental regulations in order to expand jobs through heavy gas, oil,
and coal exploration.
My conversation today isn’t
about global warming or polluted air, it’s about our waters and the man made
pollution that threatens them and the food and wildlife that live in them.
Think about this; Our oceans grow food, they provide passage for ships that
carry food and products, and they provide gems, jobs, and an economy of their
own with fishing jobs, coastline resorts, and many food items for nutritional
supplementation.
Our rivers and lakes provide
fresh water for drinking, irrigating, fishing, recreation, and more. If you
leave global warming out of the discussion, let’s just talk about the man made
pollution in our waters. In recent years some fish in
the Colorado river have come up showing characteristics of both genders. They
say that drugs from urine that finds its way to the rivers do not break down in
the water when run through sewage treatment. In addition, fish in commercial
hatcheries are fed genetically modified food. Trash can be found on the shores
of most American rivers. lakes, and the ocean, and the oceans around the world
are filled with floating plastic that kills birds, fish, and other wild
animals.
You don’t have to be a tree
hugger to see the damage to our planet that is caused by man. You can be a
redneck hunter and fisherman and I assure that you have seen the changes in
your own environment with fewer animals to hunt, fewer fish to catch, and trash
along the banks of the lakes and rivers.
Of course, I’d be
irresponsible to write that “the sky is falling,” but it is a fact that water
shortages are becoming more common, and many of the earth’s rivers and oceans
are highly polluted with toxic waste. I saw a recent documentary that showed
well drilling companies in California claiming to drill several hundred feet
deeper than the past because the water tables are dropping.
Water is one of our most
precious medicines. The disappearing water that we are consuming, bathing in,
and growing our food with must be clean! Our organs rely on clean water!
According to H. H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry, the brain and
heart are composed of 73% water, the lungs are about 83% water, the skin
contains 64% water, muscles and kidneys are 79%, and even the bones contain 31%
water.
The nominee for new EPA chief, Scott
Pruitt, is against many of the EPA regulations regarding mining and the
environment. He hasn't mentioned a word about environmental stewardship, and has sued the EPA over regulations in the past. The Standing Rock Souix Tribe in North Dakota are fighting to
prevent the Dakota Pipeline from going through their land. Although there was a
temporary shut down, President Trump has signed an executive order to start the
project back up and go under the Missouri River with the pipeline full of toxic
tar sand. If this were to seep into the drinking water, all of the peoples
water will be threatened. YES, leaks DO happen! They have asked respectfully to have their water and
sacred land bypassed by the pipeline but to no avail. I pray for them every
day.
I have lived in a part of
Colorado where gas exploration has caused seepage into local creeks and
drinking water aquafirs. Mostly, the gas companies denied being the cause.
Without clean water, we have
no planet, no food, no civilization. Please write to your representatives to
prevent the Trump Administration from capitalizing on our lives. There are
cleaner forms of energy that are not a threat to our water and our food. If
this administration were in touch with environmental issues they would have
made clean drinking water in Flint, Michigan a first 100 days priority for the
administration. Instead, they are building walls and hating while some people
are still operating their homes and families on bottled water donated by
others.
Please write to your
representatives and to Scott Pruitt, the nominee for new EPA Czar, and tell them that
environmental irresponsibility will not be tolerated by the American people. To
confirm an anti environmentalist as the head of the Environmental PROTECTION
Agency is wrong. It’s hateful. It’s irresponsible all in the name of job
creation. Scott Pruitt has made a career out of fighting the clean air and
water acts. There are plenty of clean energy jobs just waiting for people to
fill them along with plenty of workers willing to be trained.
Please, stand up for your
planet and the health and well being of our food and water. Tell your representatives to vote NO for Scott Pruitt! Your body cannot
sustain without it.
