(AP) -- If we don't deal with climate change decisively, "what we're talking about then is extended world war," the eminent economist said.
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Every liberty-minded person should reject the ideology of anti-humanism. I have heard speeches and read essays of so-called ecologists who claim our solution lies in the extermination of 90% of the human race.
Every liberty-minded person should reject the ideology of anti-humanism. I have heard speeches and read essays of so-called ecologists who claim our solution lies in the extermination of 90% of the human race.
Please supply an explicit reference link, or stuff it.
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(Phys.org) —Ocean measurements taken more than 135 years ago during the scientific expedition of HMS Challenger have provided further confirmation of human-produced global warming over the past century.
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