With extreme weather fueling wildfires in Colorado and record rainfall
in Florida, the Obama administration has moved closer to approving
construction of the southern section of the Keystone XL pipeline. We’re
joined by environmentalist, educator and author Bill McKibben, founder
of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org. "Today is one of those days
when you understand what the early parts of the global warming era are
going to look like," McKibben says. "For the first time in history, we
managed to get the fourth tropical storm of the year before July. ...
These are the most destructive fires in Colorado history, and they come
after the warmest weather ever recorded there. ... This is what it looks
like as the planet begins — and I underline 'begins' — to warm. Nothing
that happened [at the United Nations Rio+20 summit] will even begin to
slow down that trajectory."Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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