Editorial: Six Lives and Counting

Andrew Updegrove, Partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP

5/27/2011
(Original Publish Date: 4/30/2011)

Our ability to inhabit this planet in a way that is both healthful, fair to all, and free from war can only become exponentially more difficult as the CO2 in the atmosphere increases, as our resources dwindle and become more expensive to extract, and as the capacity of arable land to feed an ever expanding population becomes more doubtful. Yet at the same time, our failure to adequately address global warming through international negotiations showcases our inability to reach consensus on what is to be done before crisis makes action inevitable although perhaps to late to avoid catastrophic consequences.