\nAmericans don’t like to lose wars – which makes sense, since we have so little practice with it. Of course, a lot depends on how you define just what a war is. There are shooting wars\u2014the kind that test our mettle and our patriotism and our resourcefulness and our courage\u2014and those are the kind at which we excel. But other struggles test those qualities too. What else was the Great Depression or the space race or the construction of the railroads or the eradication of polio but a massive, often frightening challenge that we decided as a culture we ought to rise up and face? If we indulge in a bit of chest-thumping and flag-waving when the job is done, well, we earned it.<\/p>\n
We are now faced with a similarly momentous challenge: global warming. The steady deterioration of the very climate of our very planet is becoming a war of the first order, and by any measure, the U.S. is losing. Indeed, if we’re fighting at all\u2014and by most accounts, we’re not\u2014we’re fighting on the wrong side.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Take a look and tell us what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n