Ethan Mitzen

The article, Can Progress On Climate Change Keep Up With Its Quickening Pace? By Tom Steyer, is about the reanalysis being done by climate scientists about the timescale on which climate change is occurring. Previously it was believed that global temperatures would rise 2 degrees Celsius (which is The Danger Zone) by 2050, but new estimates have the Earth entering that Danger Zone several years earlier. This is relevant because if we do nothing about climate change for too much longer it will have detrimental effects on future generations, and even on current generations as we are already seeing climate changes devastating consequences. This article relates to the current chapter, political thinking, because in American politics one major political party denies the existence of climate change despite overwhelming evidence that it exists. This is an example of flawed political thought, they are not making using correct information to make political judgements and therefore are not anchored in reality when talking about issues relating to climate change, such as regulating the energy industry and subsidizing clean energy. What is it going to take for those on the right who deny the existence of climate change to finally accept reality and allow real clean energy reform to be passed? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-progress-on-climate-change-keep-up-with-its-quickening-pace/2016/08/26/f5934118-68b8-11e6-8225-fbb8a6fc65bc_story.html?utm_term=.b6d888cb2335