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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust imagine where we would be if, since that first Earth Day, we had given the
billions/trillions(?) spent (wasted?) on the extraction industries to green/renewable/alternatives instead.
They_Live
(3,232 posts)I think about it often.
52 years ago.
Voltaire2
(13,027 posts)Its called Just Shutup and Fucking Die Off.
The climate crisis can be solved by reducing the human population by around 90%. Thats the plan.
walkingman
(7,612 posts)that cared about the environment. Much like the firing of the Air Traffic Controllers sent a anti-union agenda - his "the government is the problem" continues to this day.
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,422 posts)TNNurse
(6,926 posts)Some of us understood, but had no power.
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)Shame.
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)I suspect he learned from her writing.
XanaDUer2
(10,664 posts)The world would be a much better place
Kaleva
(36,298 posts)"Persistent Drought in Ethiopia Result of Climate Change, Experts Say"
GODE, ETHIOPIA
Drought is not new to the Horn of Africa, but experts say the record one killing crops and cattle across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia has underscored the increasing frequency of drought due to climate change.
In Ethiopia, the U.N.'s World Food Program is not just feeding those affected but also working to help drought-proof communities for the longer term.
Hawo Abdi Wole has lived through many droughts in her 70 years of life. But until now, she said she had never seen four consecutive rainy seasons fail. Wole said she has seen a big difference. In early years, she said, people used to see more rains and animals produced more milk. There is a big, big difference now."
https://www.voanews.com/a/persistent-drought-in-ethiopia-result-of-climate-change-experts-say/6574453.html
"Drought and climate change pushing communities to the brink
Climate change and its resulting effect of enormous land degradation and significant depletion of pasture in Borena zone is pushing pastoralist communities to the brink"
https://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/stories/drought-and-climate-change-pushing-communities-brink
"Drought leaves more than 7.2 mn people needing food aid in Ethiopia: UNOCHA
UNOCHA said the climate-induced drought in the East African country is the most severe in 40 years following four consecutive failed rainy seasons since late 2020"
https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/drought-leaves-more-than-7-2-mn-people-needing-food-aid-in-ethiopia-unocha-122060500012_1.html
"Climate Crisis, Ukraine War Worsen Food Crisis in East Africa; Someone Dies of Hunger Every 48 Secs"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127153398
niyad
(113,302 posts)Kaleva
(36,298 posts)electric_blue68
(14,891 posts)Unfortunately a line from a Who song (not on this actual subject) fits:
"We tried, but you were yawning"
😔
In this case around 40 years.
LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)That day, and for about 4 years after that, the elementary school where I went, in Texas, took time out every year to teach us what ecology was and what pollution was doing to our environment.
That shit was shut down after that. Can't have the young uns indoctrinated with that hippie bullshit...especially when it could cut into fossil fuel profits.
niyad
(113,302 posts)flvegan
(64,407 posts)But that's uncomfortable, even here.