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Limiting factory farms

vendredi 20 décembre 2019 à 01:00

Senator Booker has proposed a bill to limit factory farms and the giant businesses they work with.

This would protect family farms from being put out of business, and the environment from the concentrated pollution. It would

No debates

vendredi 20 décembre 2019 à 01:00

The bullshitter suggests he will refuse to participate in campaign debates.

I speculate he figures that his opponent will be a progressive, that he would look bad in debates, and that the mainstream media will not give that opponent much coverage otherwise.

Goldman Sachs divesting

vendredi 20 décembre 2019 à 01:00

Goldman Sachs says it will no longer invest in thermal coal (cheap for electric generation, which makes up 85% of what is mined).

It also will not invest in Arctic oil exploration and drilling.

This is an important step, but not enough by itself (even if all other investors do likewise) to avoid disaster.

Protecting future generations

vendredi 20 décembre 2019 à 01:00

(satire) … a new study published Friday indicates that ancient humans buried crude oil deep underground in a desperate attempt to protect future generations from the grave threat it posed.

Threat to Humanity

vendredi 20 décembre 2019 à 01:00

*US Denounced as 'Threat to Humanity' as COP25 Ends Without Deal on Big Polluters' Responsibility to Frontline Nations.*

Even worse, we don't have a binding agreement to avoid a disaster so complete that trying to compensate anyone would not even make sense.