Emulating the Buddhist monks he admired who burned themselves to death to protest the Vietnam War, a Colorado activist has died after setting himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court to protest federal quiescence on climate change. The little-noted but long-planned Earth Day action by Wynn Bruce, 50, was not a suicide, said a fellow-Buddhist, but “a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis… People are being driven to extreme amounts of climate grief and despair.”
What One Is Saying Is Of the Utmost Importance: Climate Activist Dies After Setting Himself On Fire
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