Mankind has tended to Trifle with Potentially major concerns !
Collection by Bob Pester
Too many , even in authority, have become indifferent to the major problems beginning to manifest. Matters like major Climate Change, rising sea levels, etc have been aired but too many couldn't care-less on probable ramifications to many places round the World. The costs & effects could well be massive & on-going!
VICE News Investigate the True Cost of Climate Denial
Here's how much it would cost if climate change wrecked your city
Trump Is Spreading Fear Because He Fears Impeachment
Trump's thirst for causing damage is equaled only by his power to do so.
It's Time For Corporate America To Stand Up To Republican Climate Deniers
It's Time For Corporate America To Stand Up To Republican Climate Deniers "AND SO SAY ALL OF US"! Not much money to be made, after all, when all the liquidity is in the tight-fisted hands of the few! This is where and when the "wake-up call" must start ! As more are destined to poverty and brutal serfdom there is not much solace for corporates there ! This is where the cudgels come-out and people have to say it as it is !
Dahr Jamail: Billions of People Will Be Displaced by Sea Level Rise
Entire megacities on the coast, like New York and Tokyo, will have to be relocated entirely, or completely abandoned to the sea.
Climate Bellwether? With Cape Town Almost Out of Water, "Day Zero" Looms
In less than three months, residents in South African city could be lining up for rationed water under armed guards. "Is this the new normal?"
He’s Leading D.C.’s Movement for Climate Action—and He’s a High School Senior
Jerome Foster II is the 17-year-old helming the Fridays for Future strike in Washington, D.C., the founder of the OneMillionOfUs movement to mobilize young voters, and the voice of a generation demanding climate action now.
'Utterly Terrifying': Study Affirms Feedback Loop Fears as Surging Antarctica Ice Loss Tripled in Last Five Years
"The most robust study of the ice mass balance of Antarctica to date," scientists say, "now puts Antarctica in the frame as one of the largest contributors to sea-level rise."
Greta Thunberg on Climate: "If We Can Save the Banks, We Can Save the World"
"The money is there. What we lack now is political will and social will,” Thunberg said.
Russia’s Burning! Climate Change Is to Blame - The Moscow Times
Opinion | Summer wildfires are nothing new in Siberia, but bigger environmental changes are afoot.
As Siberia burns, Russia chokes
While forest fires are no rarity in Siberia, climate scientists stated that this year’s fires spread particularly aggressively due to a combination of strong winds and the unusually hot summer.
How to Restore Our Relationship to Earth - YES! Magazine
We must reduce our burden on Earth’s regenerative systems by approximately 40 percent.
To tackle climate change, we need to rethink our food system
A new United Nations report finds that we must change our food system quickly to mitigate the most devasting effects of climate change.
Climate Crisis Disasters Now Occur Weekly, UN Warns
The Sunrise Movement declared: "This is an emergency. We need political leadership that acts like it."
Bernie introduces legislation to provide health care for all during pandemic - NationofChange
“During this unprecedented crisis, no one in America should delay seeking medical care because of the cost. If this pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we are only as safe as the least-insured among us.”
Lifting sugarcane farming ban would be ‘last straw’ for Amazon rainforest
'If passed, the bill will be a tragedy for forests and for the biofuel industry in Brazil – the image of which will be damaged to the brink of no return'