National Climate Assessment, to be launched at White House on Tuesday, says effects of climate change are now being felt. President Barack Obama wipes sweat from his head during a speech on climate change, Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Georgetown University in Washington. Obama is proposing sweeping steps to limit heat-trapping pollution from coal-fired power plants and to boost renewable energy production on federal property. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Climate change has moved from distant threat to present-day danger and no American will be left unscathed, according to a landmark report due to be unveiled on Tuesday. The National Climate Assessment, a 1,300-page report compiled by 300 leading scientists and experts, is meant to be the definitive account of the effects of climate change on the US. It will be formally released at a White House event and is expected to drive the remaining two years of Barack Obama’s environmental agenda. The findings are expected to guide Obama as he rolls out the next and most ambitious phase of his climate change plan in June – a proposal to cut emissions from the current generation of power plants, America’s largest single source of carbon pollution. Read the full story at The Guardian. View original post here: Climate Change is Clear and Present Danger, Says Landmark US Report Related ArticlesSupreme Court’s Pollution Ruling “a Victory for Obama Administration’Virginia Oil Tanker Derailment: “The River Was On Fire”From Bundy To The Keystone XL

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Climate Change is Clear and Present Danger, Says Landmark US Report