Professor
 Steve Running of the University of Montana, former member of the Nobel 
laureate UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), recently 
published results of a study assessing the impact of global warming to 
the Rocky Mountains in the western USA. His findings include a forecast 
that 
climate change in the region was likely to significantly affect wildlife as well as ecosystems and the economy. 
The
 report specifically warned of temperature increases having dramatic 
impact on forests in the coming decades, with a corresponding worsening 
of droughts that would incur epidemics of insect infestations and 
catastrophic wildfires throughout the states of Montana, Wyoming and 
Idaho. 
Professor Running, we appreciate this informative report,
 despite its disturbing implications for the iconic Rocky Mountain 
range. Let us join in concerted care and act now to bring a sustainable 
future for our planet.
 In speaking of her concern about the 
consequences of global warming, Supreme Master Ching Hai has also 
offered a solution to alleviate its effects, as during an August 2008 
videoconference with our Association members 
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
 Even if we plant more trees, there will be something else happening, 
maybe wildfire, or the beetle will be more in abundance, and then they 
will also begin to eat away all the forest. 
So this is a really 
terrible situation. The only thing is we have to be morally fit. And 
have to be virtuous. Otherwise, there’s no getting away from the bad 
karma, meaning the retribution, for whatever we do. 
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