Well worth a read.
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Monbiot is a good read. Thanks for sharing.
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https://x.com/volcaholic1/status/1854828189840744909
https://x.com/volcaholic1/status/1854691295517712790
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Iâve come to the conclusion that if the entire US was battered for a month by cat 5 hurricanes the deniers still wouldnât connect the dots.
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Surely that would be God showing his anger at the fact that they elected TrumpâŚ
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Hurricanes hitting the US are starting to enter the same âthoughts and prayersâ category as school shootings. The causal link seems pretty clear, but the policy to do nothing to improve the situation remains entrenched.
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Well why would they? Itâs clearly caused by gays or windmills or something.
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Gay windmill owners have a fucking lot to answer for
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Just read that different countries, among them Norway (!) have allowed deep sea mining for commercial purposes. From 2025 on, if there isnât a strong movement against that, under-sea robots will start destroying the basis of life of countless species we havenât even fully discovered yet, at a depth of 4-6 km under sea level.
We still donât know what the impact of deep-sea mining is, and yet, some companies have already received the green light to go ahead. I wonder what our resident Norwegian @magnus thinks of that. The other greedy countries are Russia, China, Mexico, and a few others are hesitating. I think that itâs scandalous, and hope that there will be massive resistance against this new way to make quick bucks. Otherwise, even the deepest levels of the oceans might be destroyed within our lifetime. Countless species we donât even know. Itâs absolute madness.
Look at the video in the wwf article. In the last few years, there have been fascinating discoveries, and itâs far from finished.
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The impact is that <1% will make loads of money, while the other >99% will be fucked.
But thatâs all good, because neoliberal indoctrination says it is.
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Seen this an hour ago.
I will get back to you, but I am in no position to answer tonight. But Iâll try to formulate some thoughts tomorrow.
Just a heads up so you donât think I am ignoring you 
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Well thatâs screwed it. Trump has nominated a person to the EPA whoâs principles go against the very title of his job.
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One of the many disastrous consequences of the election debacle.
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People knew what they were voting for.
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Yeah i could have posted it in the US election, or politics, or trump thread but felt it was more pertinent here.
Ultimately, people in the US only cared about the price of petrol. Any candidate that promises that will win votes.
Ultimately, the only way the US decarbonises itself is by some miracle technology that breaks the grip of oil (unlikely) , or by stealth (impossible). The general public dont care and campaigning on a green manifesto gets you nowhere.
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Yep. My friend at EPA is cleaning out his office of personal items, as he expects that he will be walked out of the building sometime very shortly after Zeldin takes over as interim Administrator pending confirmation.
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Maybe they could take some non personal items too? Trump did
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