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Time to get serious about climate change

It is absolutely amazing to me about the terrible attitude with which some Americans think about global warming. More than 95 percent of all scientists know absolutely that this terrible factor is being overlooked by so many of our elected congressman and senators in Washington, D.C.

A former vice president who ran for the office of the presidency of the Unite States, Al Gore, was a very respected and an intelligent pioneer who warned of the pending climate disasters, that the seas will rise, there would be droughts, and because of food shortage, there would be wars among countries.

Even China ratified a treaty which would affect global warning. Many of the countries in the free world agreed to act because of the potential disaster that would have a monumental impact on the entire world.

We must save our world for our children, our grandchildren and all humanity.

Doug LaVay, Pawleys Island

This story was originally published September 27, 2016 at 5:08 PM with the headline "Time to get serious about climate change."

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