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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy | On climate, the U.S. and the rest of the planet are now in “completely separate worlds.” (www.theatlantic.com)

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Sadly the 15% in denial are the ones holding all federal power

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

Well, more importantly, the ones holding all federal power may or may not be in denial, but they certainly just don’t care about it, and are far more concerned about simply making money.

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