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There's overwhelming US support for action on our climate. Why that hasn't mattered.

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There's overwhelming US support for action on our climate. Why that hasn't mattered.

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year ago

Opinion | New polls show we aren't NIMBYs on solar and wind power

It would be easy to blame America’s inaction on loud right-wing climate deniers in Congress. But the media deserve blame, too.

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The same people that own the lobbyist also own mainstream media soooo …

It’s just the expected behavior of capitalism.

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