IT IS TIME TO FACE THE FACTS!!!!

- -Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit

-The Arctic is feeling the effects the most. Average temperatures in Alaska, western Canada, and eastern Russia have risen at twice the global average, according to the multinational Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report compiled between 2000 and 2004. (Glaciers and mountain snows are rapidly melting)

-The United States contains only 5 percent of the world’s population, but contributes 22 percent of the world’s carbon emissions.

-Personal cars and trucks in the United States emit 20 percent of the United States' carbon emissions.

-Air conditioning and heating account for almost half of electricity use in the average American home.

-Climate change is linked to stronger hurricanes, more droughts, and dangerous weather conditions for humans.

-The inevitable rise of sea levels could put all of manhattan under water, as well as other below sea level locations.