Is there an environmental crisis? Is global warming a reality or something made up by alarmists? How safe is the Nations water supply? In this world it depends on who you talk to and where they live, as to whether we are in an environmental crisis, or not. In America we set the standard for easy living. We drive our cars everywhere consuming more oil than many countries put together. Televisions, stereos, air conditioning and many more devices require endless amounts of electricity. Most people don't care that much of this electricity comes from burning coal. As long as every thing works, we have grown accustomed to the skies being a little dirty. No big deal it's not hurting anyone, right? We don't see any major changes to our lives. All the coal burning and autos are sending too much carbon monoxide in the air. Drilling for oil and mining for valuable metals, they have serious effects on us and our environment. But we don't see any major problems around us. It's like everyone is wearing blinders we are not fully affected by problems such as Global warming so just go on and pretend it will get better on its own.
If you talk to Tulsi Khara she knows and lives the effects of Global warming. Tulsi has lived for seventy years on the worlds largest Delta, at the meeting of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers at the Bay of Bengal. Tulsi had to move recently because the river has swallowed up the island and farmland that her family cultivated for generations. Even the new island in which she moved will soon fall to the sea as well. "I couldn't believe my eyes-the land that I had tilled for years, that fed me and my family for generations, has vanished. It is very distressing." (WWF, 2006). Tusli also contends that the storms have gotten much more intense, their belongings and cattle swept away by cyclones. She says she can sense bad things happening around them and asks why nature has turned so violent? "Things have changed on.
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