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“If, as history shows, fantasies of weather and climate control have chiefly served commercial and military interests, why should we expect the future to be different?”
—James Fleming, Fixing the Sky1

30 Oct 2018

The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world’s leading scientists

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Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that the annihilation of wildlife is now an emergency that threatens civilisation.

Oct 31, 2018 - The Oakland city council passed resolution Tuesday endorsing declaration of a climate emergency and calling for just transition.

"We have a right and duty to rebel in the face of this tyranny of idiocy—in the face of this planned collective suicide."

"The planet warmed more than we thought. It was hidden from us just because we didn't sample it right. But it was there. It was in the ocean already."

October 31, 2018

Huge Swath of Amazonian Rain Forest Freed Up from Gold Mining

Oct. 29, 2018