The primary cause of the worsening situation is not the combustion of fossil fuels, but the massive political dereliction that has allowed the bonfire to go on after we knew that it posed a potentially lethal threat to humankind.
Source: Opinion | Letting the World Burn: The Question of Governance | David Orr
Following the new U.S.-E.U. pledge, climate campaigners called for an urgent end to fossil fuel extraction and major reforms of agricultural practices.
Source: Critics Warn Biden That 30% Methane Reduction by 2030 Not Good Enough
Our society’s appetite for one kind of burning—fossil fuel combustion—has thrust us into a new Fire Age that is reshaping the Earth.
Manchin has weekly huddles w/ Exxon & is one of many senators who gives lobbyists their pen to write so-called “bipartisan” fossil fuel bills.
It’s killing people. Our people. At least 12 last night. Sick of this “bipartisan” corruption that masquerades as clear-eyed moderation. https://t.co/KW8w7HUhvT
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 2, 2021
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Mann’s characteristic take-no-prisoners storytelling details fossil fuel persuasion tactics … and points to reasons to yet be hopeful.
Source: Scientist Mike Mann’s must-read book, ‘The New Climate War’ » Yale Climate Connections
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“Fossil fuel companies have, for decades longer than I have been alive, been the largest contributors to the climate crisis that affects my generation today–all in pursuit of profits and growth. In The New Climate War, Michael Mann holds them to account, and shows us how we can take the bold steps we must all take together to win the battle to save this planet.”―Greta Thunberg, climate activist
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The climate crisis, brought on by fossil fuel companies, is worsening converging crises in the U.S.
Source: Climate Crises Converge as Wildfire Burns West and Hurricane Pummels South
Efforts are being blocked by the fossil fuel industry—probably the most powerful set of interests on earth.
Source: Opinion | It’s Not Human Stupidity That Is Blocking Climate Action, It’s Big Oil | Linda McQuaig
“The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk.”
Unless we can tame our irrational economic system and, above all else, do away with capitalism’s addiction to fossil fuels, the collapse of civilized social order is a near certainty.
Source: Opinion | Is Humanity’s Return to Barbarism Unavoidable? | C.J. Polychroniou
