A protester with a placard that reads “stop denying our planet is dying” joins a demonstration organised by climate change activists from Extinction Rebellion outside the Brazilian embassy in central London on August 23, 2019 calling on Brazil to act to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation and fire. – Climate change activists demonstrated outside the Brazilian embassy in London on August 23, urging President Jair Bolsonaro to halt the fires in the Amazon rainforest. Protests were also planned for other European cities. Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year — the highest number for any year since 2013. Most were in the Amazon. Back in June, a bunch of climate activists stormed the 18th green of the PGA’s Travelers Championship, spreading a paint-like powdery substance while wearing T-shirts with the deeply profound message, “No Golf on a Dead Planet.” It gives me goosebumps to think of the enormous intellect necessary to give birth to such sage wisdom. It reminds me of the endearing little chants offered up by the antisemitic, pro-Hamas college students who protested on college campuses across the country this past spring and who are back at it again now that school is back in session. One of their favorite chants is, “There is only one solution. Intifada! Revolution!” One final solution? Maybe they can clarify for us. You know, maybe I should rethink my position on this whole climate apocalypse thing. I mean, after all, if young people are so committed to saving the planet that they would interrupt a golf tournament, there must be something to it, right? Actually, every time I hear about one of their antics, I feel like doing everything I can to increase my carbon footprint. The geniuses […]
Click here to view original web page at www.baltimoresun.com