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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Greenland's climate-effect on Europe

lundi 18 mars 2024 à 07:22

* Location, extent and strength of recent freshwater [melt] events [in Greenland] suggests an unusually warm and dry summer over southern Europe this year.*

Lobby kills decarbonization effort, UK

lundi 18 mars 2024 à 07:22

*UK scheme to spur take-up of heat pumps delayed after gas lobby pressure.*

Over and over, the UK government has dropped or slowed its efforts to curb global heating, putting the priority on planet roaster profits.

Worker efficiency as license for plunder

lundi 18 mars 2024 à 07:22

*The cries from Britain's struggling CEOs are growing louder — can they survive on a mere £4.4m a year?*

That amount is clearly an average value. To assign that amount to each and every CEO is an oversimplification, and incorrect. Probably some of those CEOs receive a mere £2m per year.

We could feel sorry for them, if we forget about how low-wage workers are suffering in Britain today.

An office of heat, Phoenix

lundi 18 mars 2024 à 07:22

Phoenix had over 600 excess deaths last summer.

At present levels of heating, many of these deaths can be prevented, but that depends on willingness to spend money to protect the health of poor people — often homeless people. Plutocrats consider that a waste of money that could instead be increasing their investments.

It may also depend on whether workplaces are willing to permit precautions to be taken. The Republicans that control Florida oppose that.

Lobbying efforts against auto-emissions

lundi 18 mars 2024 à 07:22

*Automakers Spend Millions to [weaken] EPA's Proposed [limitations on pollution that damages human health].*