Let’s consider two great hurdles our civilization faces: one short-term (will come to a head in the next few months), and the other much longer-term (may stay with us until our ultimate demise). In November, the U.S. presidential election will …
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Questions: How much has the fossil fuel industry spent to avoid dealing with climate change since the year 2000? What is the ratio of what they’ve spent on lobbyists vs. all environmental groups combined?
Here’s a wonderful graphic on the subject, particularly germane as we head toward Paris and the 21st international conference on this subject. Somehow, most people have a far greater sense of optimism here than we did about the first twenty.
It’s certainly not a new idea that human beings, Americans in particular, tend to have short attention spans and are easily “issue-fatigued.” This is exacerbated by the corporate media which, in its quest for ratings (equivalent to dollars), crank up …
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