Our Only World: Poetry for Planet Earth

Under President Barack Obama, the United States pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 26-28% from 2005 levels by 2025. On the contrary, Obama's Clean Power Plan and regulations set to protect the environment, are now targeted for elimination by President Donald Trump. Indeed, the prominent denier of global warming, today, is the Trump administration! The present head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, publicly denies that CO2 is a primary contributor to global warming —this way the head of EPA negates EPA policy and ‘overwhelmingly clear’ evidence on climate change. Is this just 'politics'? Or should we call it blindness? For many, Mr. Trump is that kind of person who views not only America, but the entire world as a showcase for their own ego. Regrettably, his closest allies and advisers seem to be of the same kind…
The Earth is the only world we have, and the poems of this collection, filled with empathy and sensitivity, thoroughly show our deep concern for the future both of our planet and of humankind — a future that the latest executive orders coming from the White House make even less comforting..