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#ClimateCrisis #DavidSuzuki "Suzuki: As the world burns, the powerful deny and delay 'Why do we stay on this destructive path, which leads to more pollution, extreme weather events, water shortages, health crises and wealth inequality?' We could be happier, healthier and more economically secure—if we were to act on the knowledge that many of our problems are related. For example, addressing the climate crisis will also help resolve issues around pollution, health and economic disparity. But we’re not only up against a 'polycrisis, we’re also facing varying degrees of denial. At its most blatant, the United States president has labelled the clear and overwhelming scientific and observable evidence for human-caused climate disruption as a 'hoax' and is promoting polluting, climate-altering fossil fuels over cleaner, more efficient renewable energy. Denial in Canada may not be as blatant, but it’s still dangerous. Taking a page from former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s playbook, Prime Minister Mark Carney is arguing that climate policies are “too expensive for Canadians.” His government is scrapping effective measures such as carbon pricing and oil and gas industry pollution caps and is going all in on increased fossil fuel development, including liquefied natural gas projects and bitumen pipelines. Carney even boasted that Canada is producing more oil than ever, overtaken only by the U.S. and Russia. It’s absurd. Record high temperatures and humidity are killing hundreds of thousands of people a year worldwide and sending many more to hospitals. Recent heat and storms in Europe have killed thousands. Schools have been closed, productivity hindered, events cancelled and power grids strained. Some European countries have shut down nuclear power plants because river water has warmed too much to cool them." https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/suzuki-as-the-world-burns-the-powerful-deny-and-delay-12532736