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Global warming continues; 2016 will be the hottest year ever recorded

“We know the world is warming – no factor can explain it aside from human emissions of greenhouse gases. Despite this, people who deny the basic facts of climate change have tried to argue that the Earth is either not warming or is only slowly heating. Well that just isn’t true anymore. The last three years are the nail in the coffin of the deniers of climate change. We have enough data this year to call 2016 as the hottest year ever record – and we have three more months left to go…

All this aside, there are still things we can do to bend the arc of this curve. There are actions we can take as individuals and as collectives to reduce our emissions and our dependence on polluting fuels. That message is, and continues to be, the most important one.

But one thing we cannot do is deny facts.”

0-3: Future Generations Lose Again at Third Presidential Debate

“The fact that it received seconds of attention from only one candidate is offensive to the American people, particularly those already dealing with the devastating impacts.”

Only two percent of the total time in the three debates was spent on climate and energy policy, due mostly to an audience question in the second debate—not a single moderator asked a climate question.

“It is a tragic failure that a question about the most pressing crisis we face on this planet was never asked,” Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said.”

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