Scientists in the United States and the world have reached an overwhelming consensus that climate change is real and caused primarily by human activity.
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SCIENTISTS AGREE, HUMANS CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE
Burning fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, to generate energy has the greatest impact on the atmosphere than any other single human activity. Globally, power generation is responsible for about 23 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions per year – in excess of 700 tonnes every second. Coal is especially damaging to our atmosphere, releasing 70% more carbon dioxide than natural gas for every unit of energy produced.
Respected scientific organizations such as the National Academy of Science, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and World Meteorological Association (WMO) have all identified climate change as an urgent threat caused by humans that must be addressed.
“The need for urgent action to address climate change is now indisputable.”
