U.S. predicts 11% increase in CO2 emissions over next decade

A new government report predicts that U.S. carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow at the same rate over the next decade as in the previous decade. Furthermore:

The report also contains sections describing growing risks to water supplies, coasts and ecosystems around the United States from the anticipated temperature and precipitation changes driven by the atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases....

The report arrives at a moment when advocates of controls are winning new support in statehouses and Congress, not to mention Hollywood, where former Vice President Al Gore’s cautionary documentary on the subject, An Inconvenient Truth, just won an Academy Award. Five western governors have just announced plans to create a program to cap and then trade carbon-dioxide emissions. And on Capitol Hill, half a dozen bills have been introduced to curb emissions, with more expected.

So how about taking this opportunity to write your Representative and Senators and weigh in on the issue?