U.N. warns of a grim future if we don't take immediate action. (In other words, this IS our future.)

[Towlie]

NPR: Billions of people are in danger from climate change, U.N. report warns

Billions of people on every continent are suffering because of climate change, according to a major new United Nations report released on Monday. And governments must do a better job of protecting the most vulnerable communities while also rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The report by nearly 300 top scientists from around the world paints a picture of a planet already transformed by greenhouse gas emissions, and teetering on the brink of widespread, irreversible damage.

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It's patently obvious that these needed changes are never going to happen, or at least not until it's way too late. They might as well be saying this will be our future unless we teach pigs to fly.

[Towlie]

1. Here's a related article, just in case anyone here is skeptical that this is our inescapable future.

 
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NPR: Supreme Court to hear a case that could limit the EPA's power to fight climate change

The human species: Intelligent enough to destroy the world but not intelligent enough to not destroy the world.

[roamer65]

2. There won't be billions in 100 years.

Maybe millions…maybe.

[spanone]

4. ...and just today the supreme court is hearing WEST VIRGINIA V. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

QUESTION PRESENTED:

In 42 U.S.C. § 7411(d), an ancillary provision of the Clean Air Act, did Congress constitutionally authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to issue significant rules- including those capable of reshaping the nation's electricity grids and unilaterally decarbonizing virtually any sector of the economy-without any limits on what the agency can require so long as it considers cost, nonair impacts, and energy requirements?
Consolidated with 20-1531, 20-1778, and 20-1780 and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument

CERT. GRANTED 10/29/2021

[hunter]

3. We'll have to find a way to relocate entire communities as they are displaced by global warming

As the oceans rise, and the water supplies of entire cities dry up, how do we avoid a repeat of the Dust Bowl?



Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!

Dorothea Lange's photo of a Missouri family of five in the vicinity of Tracy, California.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

[BeckyDem]

5. I'm afraid you'll mostly hear

la la la la la la la from those who have the most money to lose w/ fossil fuels.