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DemocracyDirect

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24. Southeast Asian skies were full of smoke for months..

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 01:11 AM

Mar 2016

They were burning down forests in Indonesia as fast as they could before popular opinion could condemn it and shut it down.

All so they could grow some palm trees for oil.

Corporations are devouring the planet.

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Climate Godzilla Stirs: Heat and CO2 Records �Obliterated� [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2016 OP

Rec Newkularblue Mar 2016 #1

Perhaps all these idiots miscalculated... Helen Borg Mar 2016 #2

To miscalculate implies an ability to calculate, which isn't there. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #3

It is shocking to me that Bernie isn't CRUSHING Hillary with this hanging over our heads. stillwaiting Mar 2016 #4

Behold the wonders of corporate media. forest444 Mar 2016 #5

Bernie ties it all together but I believe it will take a cataclysmic event before the masses and Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #6

This was the LAST such chance and its already too late... Moostache Mar 2016 #11

^^That^^ NickB79 Mar 2016 #21

How much is it talked about on TV? In the debates? pengu Mar 2016 #7

Obama beat him to it. He is copying Obama on this so Hillary is already there. Jitter65 Mar 2016 #12

I could not agree more. chervilant Mar 2016 #17

Ever feel like a Lemming? You know, the little rat things that have been known to Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #8

Sting and The Police called it back in the '80s tex-wyo-dem Mar 2016 #16

and the world fiddles while it burns around us all. Javaman Mar 2016 #9

I'm waiting to see how the arctic sea ice extent and PIOMAS levels manifest, CRH Mar 2016 #10

Anyone remember this? "US Navy predicts summer ice free Arctic by 2016 " NickB79 Mar 2016 #22

This may just be proof... Helen Borg Mar 2016 #13

some humans will survive, but there will be a die off almost certainly Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #15

And which candidate is it again, that takes climate change as an urgent issue? Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #14

Yeah, gee, who would that be? tex-wyo-dem Mar 2016 #18

Some of us keep telling them RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #19

There is a noticeable absence of nay-sayers and minimizers on this thread. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #20

I knew this was happening years ago Hydra Mar 2016 #23

Southeast Asian skies were full of smoke for months.. DemocracyDirect Mar 2016 #24