<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">At the Citizens' Climate Lobby table at the Moscow Farmers Market on Sat. June 5, someone commented that progress to address climate change is "too slow."  </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In fact there has been no progress to address climate change!  </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This assessment can scientifically be supported by one fact which anyone can investigate. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">"Progress" means, at minimum, atmospheric CO2 levels stop increasing.  More effectively for the long term, it means these levels must decrease, given current CO2 levels are inducing significant negative climate impacts.  But stopping the continuous increase must occur for any reasonable scientific definition of "progress."  Talk of "progress" to address climate change is misleading at best, outright deception at worst, even if well intentioned by some people, given this June 7, 2021 data on atmospheric CO2 level:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2764/Coronavirus-response-barely-slows-rising-carbon-dioxide">Carbon dioxide peaks near 420 parts per million at Mauna Loa observatory - Welcome to NOAA Research</a></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;vertical-align:baseline;width:760px;color:rgb(80,78,78);font-family:proxima-nova-condensed,"Ringside Condensed SSm A","Ringside Condensed SSm B",Lato,sans-serif">In May, NOAA's measurements at the mountaintop </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;vertical-align:baseline;width:760px;color:rgb(80,78,78);font-family:proxima-nova-condensed,"Ringside Condensed SSm A","Ringside Condensed SSm B",Lato,sans-serif">observatory averaged 419.13 ppm. Scientists at </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;vertical-align:baseline;width:760px;color:rgb(80,78,78);font-family:proxima-nova-condensed,"Ringside Condensed SSm A","Ringside Condensed SSm B",Lato,sans-serif">Scripps calculated a monthly average of 418.92 </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;vertical-align:baseline;width:760px;color:rgb(80,78,78);font-family:proxima-nova-condensed,"Ringside Condensed SSm A","Ringside Condensed SSm B",Lato,sans-serif">ppm. The average in May 2020 was 417 ppm.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;vertical-align:baseline;width:760px;color:rgb(80,78,78);font-family:proxima-nova-condensed,"Ringside Condensed SSm A","Ringside Condensed SSm B",Lato,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2000 through life plus 70 years, Ted Moffett.  Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the <a href="http://vision2020.moscow.com/" target="_blank">Vision2020.Moscow.com</a> forum without the express written permission of the author.*****</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>