The continued burning of fossil fuels is locking heat in Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land — instead of allowing it to reflect back into space, a new report finds.

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    We were badly addressing it until today’s world leaders decided to do a 180 and accelerate towards it. The good thing is that the efforts to prolong just themselves will also help them suffer the more for it.

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    We should probably start talking about ways to avoid extinction because we ain’t stopping this freight train.

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      billionaires already have. why do you think they are all determined to get to mars…

      they destroy earth for the rest of us and live the rest of their days in luxury on a planet no one but them can be on. if this doesn’t sound like peak sociopath and probable, no one is paying attention…

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    They’re allowed to say that fossil fuels cause climate change? They won’t be getting any subsidies any time soon.

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      The NYT buries articles like this using non-prominent placement. Try finding it on their website without using the search tool

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        Yes, but no. I abandoned the NYT a long time ago and won’t ever bother again. They are dead from lack of credibility and just don’t know it.