5 Reasons to be pessimistic about Climate Change

http://theweek.com/article/index/265966/dont-believe-the-hype-5-reasons-to-be-pessimistic-about-climate-change

1. There are plenty of interests motivated against progress.While the EPA's new regulations on power plants are a welcome first step, they are not carved in stone. The EPA will likely face numerous legal and legislative challenges before its rules are implemented.

3. The world could start polluting a lot more, and very soon.The carbon dioxide emissions we are currently putting in the atmosphere are scary enough. The full scale of the problem becomes even larger when you considers that millions of people worldwide still lack basic access to electricity — and might get it soon. In India alone, over 300 million people do not have electrical access in their homes, according to the Sustainable Energy for All Global Tracking Framework. The middle class aspirations of hundreds of millions people worldwide are dependent on their national governments extending the electrical grid to their doorsteps.