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  Stupidity, cupidity, timidity. This is the chance for governments to prove meaningful. But instead they are timid. Climate solutions may necessarily emerge outside of government actions. Although I have no idea how.On Delaying an international climate treaty: not as bad as it looks posted 1 week ago 27 Responses

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  No, the real stupidity by the EPA is that by reacting so, they propel this into greater controversy and publicity. From what I read, this is such a minor issue that any reasonable administrator would overlook their language. Or maybe EPA wanted this message to get greater exposure. NiceOn EPA demands attorneys remove video critical of cap-and-trade posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago 28 Responses

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  This is a superb page, a breakthrough. Excellent in almost every way. However, I am pretty sure that writing a letter to the editor of local papers is not going to do much. And at the other extreme, the ultimate power of bloody violence should be avoided, withheld, saved only for final, desperate expressions of endgame futility. Somewhere between the two is the sweet spot of powerful political expression. How we act, how we spend dollars - or refuse to spend and how we link it to a message is key. Could our current recession/depression be expression of understanding for this situation? What laws should we choose to obey, and which to challenge? And selecting targets of non-violent civil disobedience is key. Where do we march and when? Abbie Hoffman tossed dollar bills onto the Wall Street trading floor and the riot of traders shut down the market. "No business as usual" was the slogan. And our song and theater and culture will carry the movement without regard to corporate media control. Unspoken so far is the most important exhortation: compared with a pathetic acceptance of human extinction, almost any political expression is appropriate. Exciting times.On Dispassion as the world ends: The absent heart of the great climate affair posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago 110 Responses

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  Do not post: Hey Umbra Fisk... do not ever say the word fuck unless you are naked with your lover. You are too pretty to say "mind fuck" and pull it off... I mean make it work, oh you know what I meanOn Umbra's top ten Climate Week moments posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago 1 Response

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  Clearly our civilization needs a modern Moses.

  Whomever, or whatever form that takes, ruthless actions will be required.

   

  On The fallacy of climate activism posted 3 months ago 100 Responses