The last-minute amendments crowbarred by the government into the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill are a blatant attempt to stifle protest, of the kind you might expect in Russia or Egypt. Jailed for 51 weeks for protesting? Britain is becoming a police state by stealth The U.S.’ historic total of all greenhouse gas emissions grew by 15% over just the last 10 years. This is twice the carbon footprint of the poorest half of the world’s population. The Guardian found that that the world’s wealthiest 1% are responsible, with their extravagant lifestyles, for 16% of climate heating emissions.
Capping methane leaks was maybe the easiest problem to address, as this is fairly cheap to do, as well as important. On deforestation, pledges to halt this were made - but they said so last time too, with no real action to follow. Fair enough - when you’ve immersed yourself in the details and complexities of the global heating crisis, it remains crystal clear that our leaders are still failing to address this worldwide, worsening emergency with the commitment, the funding, and the urgency that the situation demands. “Blah, blah, blah.” So goes Greta Thunberg’s dismissal of the politicians’ promises early on at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. World leaders still failing to fully address a worsening climate
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