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RCAST 166 – [Climate & Coordination] Nov 19 2021 – oil advertising, coral reefs, flooding in Canada

Today we talked about the history of oil advertising, the fight to keep Earth warming to 1.5 degrees so we can save coral reefs, and historic flooding in Canada.


0:00:00 – Intro

0:01:12 – Nora article: The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing https://www.theguardian.com/environme…

0:12:00 – Darryl – Exxon CEO accused of lying about climate science to congressional panel https://www.theguardian.com/environme…

0:17:37 – Nora – Despite net-zero pledges, world on track to warm 2.5 degrees Celsius, U.N. report says https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-w…

0:23:46 – Darryl – Net Zero is not the solution, but it is the glimmer of the world waking up to its own consciousness.

0:27:37 – Greg – Net Zero license to be irresponsible.

0:29:46 – Darryl tells the story of his experience of the British Columbia flooding from unprecedented atmospheric rivers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novembe…https://globalnews.ca/news/8375229/bc…

0:35:54 – Greg – nowhere to relocate to.

0:43:47 – Nora – George Monbiot on Twitter. https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot?ref…

0:45:29 – Greg – how can the spirit of coming together occur before the calamities?SHOW LESS

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