Environmental Damage

The November 21st issue of The Toronto Star contained three separate articles dealing with environmental damage. The new evidence from the Amazon rainforest, receding sea ice due to global warming forcing polar bears onto land where they may become a danger to humans, and vice versa. Rising sea levels are threatening to put the island of Diamniadio, off the coast of Senegal, under water. Thousand who live on the island aren't merely seeing their way of life threatened but their own safety. There is no hope that the powers in charge will be galvanized into any meaningful action. Profits have to be made quickly for them to survive in business, regardless of the long term impacts. That could well mean the extinction of us all, including the rich. John Ayers