And the good news continues; not only are we causing great damage to the planet; this article states that we are nearing the point of no return. And I'll quote the last paragraph of the article (althought the whole thing is worth a read):
It goes on: "Above the 2 degrees level, the risks of abrupt, accelerated, or runaway climate change also increase. The possibilities include reaching climatic tipping points leading, for example, to the loss of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets (which, between them, could raise sea level more than 10 metres over the space of a few centuries), the shutdown of the thermohaline ocean circulation (and, with it, the Gulf Stream), and the transformation of the planet's forests and soils from a net sink of carbon to a net source of carbon."
I got this link from Slashdot of course. And I think that some may remember Bush as the President who helped murder the world.