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LANCE OLSEN LAYS OUT THE UNDENIABLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS CANNOT IGNORE
Despite warnings from renowned scientists and unfavorable market conditions due to cheap natural gas, some politicians are pushing to revive the fortunes of coal-fired power plants. Photo courtesy flickr user Ozzy Delaney
Come morning, I throw my covers aside, swing my legs over the edge of the bed, turn on my bedside lamp, crank up my bedside radio for a first dose of the daily news, then pull on some clothes and head for the kitchen to get a pot of coffee going. That done, it’s time to turn on my computer and pick my way through the latest reports on all things climate.
Put another way, I start my climate-oriented day by doing my bit to heat the planet just a little more, simply because everything from my bedside lamp and radio…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Poor whale:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grieving-orca-still-swimming-with-her-dead-calf-in-northwest/ar-BBLGcdF?OCID=ansmsnnews11
Good video. But I would add that it affects other living things on the planet as well, we are not the only ones here, or who matter. This always puts it in perspective for me – if by some awful tragic event, half of the world’s population was lost – we’d still have 4 billion people on the planet! I don’t even thing education is the (complete) answer – it’s just how we are programmed, to reproduce, like every other creature on the planet. Sadly, we created religion to glorify ourselves and justify our actions, which other creatures do not do. Most do not even care about other life on the planet, or see any connection to ourselves.
If we do not do something, we will be our own downfall. I am happily child-free, because I think it is a societal brainwashing for many.
Great comment on the connection between human breeding and religion. When I later shed being “born again” (at the tender age of 11) I remember seeing something that helped: “When religion ruled the world, it was called the Dark Ages.” Unfortunately, religion still rules many people, and the religious zealots (like the right -wing fanatics ) see nothing else, know nothing else, and nature is something for Man To Use–Up.