ALITD Opinion: Any claims that mankind is partially responsible for global warming is bullshit. Sorry, but having read all the claims from both sides of the argument over many years, it is more factual mankind causes less than 3%, YES 3%, of the pollution issues on this planet and that is since the industrial revolution began. The eruption of Mt St Helens in the 80's caused far more damage than anything mankind has contributed. The global warming scam is pure scaremongering. Daily Mail: A leaked copy of Pope Francis's eagerly awaited encyclical on the environment calls for urgent action to protect the Earth and fight global warming, which he says is 'mostly' due to human activity and the burning of fossil fuels. The draft opens by saying climate change is the Earth's way of protesting 'irresponsible use and abuse of the goods that God placed in her'.
The Vatican said the document, obtained in draft form by the Italian magazine l'Espresso, was not the final version, which will remain under embargo until its release on Thursday.
One Vatican official called the breach 'heinous'.
It was not clear how advanced in the writing process the leaked document was or how similar it will be to the final version.
In the draft, Francis lays out both the scientific and the moral reasons for protecting God's creation, noting that the poor are already suffering the most from air pollution and toxic dumping and will continue to bear the brunt of rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions.
The draft says population growth isn't to blame for ecological problems but rather the consumerist, wasteful behavior of the rich...read more>>>...
