The Patriot Post® · Mother Nature Shrugs at Rising CO2 Emissions

Global warming alarmism received another boost after the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that greenhouse gas emissions over the last year increased at the fastest pace in 30 years. BBC News journalist Matt McGrath reports, “[T]he globally averaged amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached 396 parts per million (ppm) in 2013, an increase of almost 3ppm over the previous year.” Additionally, “Atmospheric CO2 is now at 142% of the levels in 1750, before the start of the industrial revolution.” Imagine that: Higher fossil fuel levels coincide with a larger population, though Mother Nature just doesn’t seem to care all that much. Despite population stabilization proponents’ cataclysmic predictions, Earth is in the midst of an 18-year global warming hiatus despite the rising CO2 index, which we’ve been told is the culprit behind every climate- and weather-related issue. Plus, plants don’t seem to mind it, either. More…