“The Lofoten Declaration, named for an archipelago in Norway where drilling by the oil industry has been successfully blocked by environmental groups, demands ‘unprecedented action to avoid the worst consequences of our dependence on oil, coal, and gas.’ The document notes that new oil and gas exploration and production are ‘incompatible with limiting global warming to well below 2ºC,’ the stated goal of the Paris climate agreement of 2016 and that countries that do not embrace clean energy will soon be left behind …”
Read more about this at:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/09/07/unprecedented-lofoten-declaration-demands-managed-decline-fossil-fuel-industry
I worry that the United States is being left behind, as I see precious little effort to eliminate fossil fuels here. Indeed, as I look out my window in New York City, I see many automobiles, virtually none of which are powered by anything but fossil fuels.
What can we do about this? I don’t know how to begin to confront this problem that may mean very grave dangers for human life in this city, this country, and on this planet.