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Workers Shouldn’t Have to Risk Their Lives in Heat Waves
(www.nytimes.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
Why do I get the feeling this is about to become another partisan topic?
Already has. See Florida HB 433. Rights mustn't get in the way of costs and profits.
The Florida laws will hurt undocumented migrants the most.
Which is to say, don't forget the racism as a motivation.