Mr. Trudeau: The Threat Of Global Warming

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Mr. Trudeau:

I hope that this letter finds you in good health. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for our planet. The threat of global warming grows larger every year. Ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising and, so far, we are doing nothing to prevent it. The funds are there, and scientists have the technology right now. Only two barriers remain, the social and political ones. Every scientist agrees that climate change is an issue, there is no debate. This is not speculating how the Dinosaurs died. There are cold, hard facts supporting the looming menace that is climate change.

In the beginning of World War 2, there was a small problem, but the world saw and paid attention to it, watching to see if it would become a large one. It did,

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