Scientists say the deterioration of the lake and surrounding ecosystem has accelerated as a result of global warming, which contributed a year ago to the warmest water temperatures ever recorded in the lake. “I will be coming here more often”.
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“It’s no wonder that for thousands of years this place has been a spiritual one”.
“The least expensive and most effective way to conserve water is to ditch meat and dairy foods, as each person who goes vegan saves around 219,000 gallons of water a year”, according to PETA, whose two bathers will be holding signs saying “1 Steak = 50 Baths”.
The event, at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino Outdoor Arena on the Nevada side of the lake, is expected to draw a sellout crowd of 7,000 people.
Obama, who is racing to cement his legacy on climate change before his presidency ends on January 20, will make a rare visit to Midway Atoll on Thursday, deep inside the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument where he expanded protections last week. “Just as the health of the land and the people are tied together, just as climate and conservation are tied together, we share a sacred connection with those who are going to follow us…”
“This is really nice”, said the president with seemingly genuine delight, after laying eyes on the Tahoe Basin for the first time.
Touting his recent national-monument designations, the president said he’s made them a priority because when it comes to the country’s natural resources, “we shouldn’t be the last to enjoy it”.
Mr. Trump has referred to climate change as a “hoax”.
To that end, Obama planned an unusual presidential visit Thursday to Midway Atoll, a speck of land halfway between Asia and North America where Obama recently expanded a marine monument. During Wednesday’s remarks Obama said humans are to blame for the change our climate has experienced.
“You don’t have to be a scientist, you have to read and listen to scientists to know that the overwhelming body of scientific evidence shows us climate change is caused by human action”, Obama said.
“The fact is that it’s man-made”, he said.
As he prepares to retire from office, Reid said this summit “is a celebration of progress, a celebration of unity but there is much work to be done in the future”.
The two California senators have joined with their counterparts in Nevada in an effort to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, which is still pending in Congress, and provide hundreds of millions of dollars more to protect the lake from pollutants and restore the health of the surrounding forests. He will point to USA carbon emissions that are at their lowest level in nearly two decades, the White House said. Heller helped bring Republicans on board and the bill was unanimously approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Prior to Obama’s speech, Reid, Feinstein, Boxer and California Gov.
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Sandoval was absent because of a prior commitment to attend his conference on the opioid epidemic in Las Vegas. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
