5 months agoThe people dying from extreme heat don’t count for the same reason people want to blame the servicemembers for joining when they still bothered to hide behind the DOD label instead of taking accountability for putting unrepentant war criminals’ fingers on the military’s trigger.
5 months agoThe world's richest 1% (about 77 million people) account for 16% of all global carbon emissions, which is more than the combined emissions of all cars and road transport worldwide. Their annual carbon footprint equals that of the poorest 5 billion people on Earth.
5 months ago~400,000 people die of diarrheal diseases in India every year because they can't learn to practice basic hygiene. 120,000 to 300,000 child deaths alone. 175,000 people die in Europe due to heat related illnesses because they refuse to buy an AC.
5 months agoComing to a city near you. Wet bulb temperature events are no joke. The longer we push our planet to the limit, the more normalized this stuff will become. Communicate with your loved ones about backup plans for things like grid failures, AC failures, etc.
5 months agoAll for the 1% huh? We could’ve stopped this but people love their leech overlords.
5 months agoFunny thing: Indians don’t give a shit either. We’re living in the middle of a fascist government. There’s already been massive deforestation (summer AQI is now 200+, the winter AQI is projected 1000+), massive inflation, huge mismanagements, but the election system is basically decimated and even if it’s not, the majority Indians are voting for genocide of the other when they’re living in a heat chamber themselves. They’re continuing to cut forests (i live right next to the aravalli hills and i think researchers had said the forest cover there was the only thing holding this place from falling completely apart
