Wildfires, Grief and Paralysis

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Wildfires, Grief and Paralysis

[ https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/30/W ... dium=email ]

Here’s why we’ve failed to respond to a crisis in plain sight.

Andrew Nikiforuk - July 30, 2024 - The Tyee


EXCERPT: "Whatever you have been told, climate change is not a technical problem with a defined solution but a manifestation of a much more profound predicament — too many people consuming too many fossil fuels and resources on a finite and flammable planet.

Our growing polarization tells us how grave this predicament has become. Civilizations fail when their elites can no longer agree on what the threats are, let alone how to respond to them. In bemoaning the ruin of fire, as they must, our leaders unwittingly declare their impotence if not their incompetence. . . . . "

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