EPA: Climate change can’t be stopped, prepare for wildfires, hurricanes, rising seas

The Environmental Protection Agency released a grim report Friday that said it must start planning for the worst possible effects of climate change, and predicted a future world filled with rising sea levels, raging wildfires and more severe storms. All of these factors will combine to create droughts, expose humans to dangerous chemicals and create other conditions that will put the human race at risk.  “These changes pose risks for a wide range of human and environmental systems, including public health, the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink, freshwater resources, the coastal environment, wildlife and ecosystems, infrastructure, economic activity, cultural resources and social well-being,” the EPA warned. Skeptics of the theory that mankind’s actions are causing the Earth to warm have argued there has been no appreciable increase in global temperatures for more than 10 years. But the EPA’s “Climate Change Adaption Plan” took the opposition view, and said all of the worst effects are at least “likely” to happen, while some are “very likely” or even “certain.” The EPA said air quality will be affected by higher temperatures, more frequent wildfires, heavy precipitation events, more particulate matter exposure and worsened indoor air quality. Water-related changes will include more hurricanes, rising sea levels, higher ocean temperatures, and less access to drinking water...more

 A "grim report" is right...and released on Halloween and just before the elections.