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===== It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/06/power-wealthy-earth-politics-democracy-plutocracy by George Monbiot 6/7/22 The Guardian] | |||
The day before, in the UK, the government’s climate change committee reported a “shocking” failure by Boris Johnson’s administration to meet its climate targets. So stupid and perverse are its policies on issues such as energy saving that it’s hard to see this as anything other than failure by design. On the day of the supreme court ruling, the UK government also announced that it intended to scrap the law protecting the UK’s most important wildlife sites. | |||
===== Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years ===== | ===== Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years ===== | ||
