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The burning and flooding of the planet

Anyone watching on television the images of burning forests, the raging floods destroying lands and villages, and massive landslides burying homes and people have no reason to deny the truth. The latest United Nations report on the climate crises by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), signed by 159 nations, once again informs us that we humans are responsible for this terrible crisis.

We humans are bringing disasters upon ourselves by tolerating and allowing through corrupt politicians the coal, oil and gas energy companies to promote their extraction and continual burning of fossil fuels. By financially supporting the election campaigns of friendly politicians, they are getting massive government subsidies to continue to produce and burn coal, oil and gas.