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Climate change activists vow to step up protests around world
The Guardian ^ | December 17, 2018 | by Damian Carrington

Posted on 12/17/2018 12:55:41 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Civil society groups have pledged growing international protests to drive rapid action on global warming after the UN climate summit in Poland.

The summit agreed rules for implementing the 2015 Paris agreement, which aims to keep global warming as close to 1.5C as possible, but it made little progress in increasing governments’ commitments to cut emissions. The world remains on track for 3C of warming, which scientists says will bring catastrophic extreme weather.

May Boeve, the executive director of the 350.org climate change campaign group, said: “Hope now rests on the shoulders of the many people who are rising to take action: the inspiring children who started an unprecedented wave of strikes in schools to support a fossil-free future; the 1,000-plus institutions that committed to pull their money out of coal, oil, and gas, and the many communities worldwide who keep resisting fossil fuel development.”

The school strikes began in August as a solo protest by 15-year-old Greta Thunberg in Sweden. Addressing the summit in Poland, she said: “If children can get headlines all over the world just by not going to school, then imagine what we could all do together if we really wanted to.

Members of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement said there was a rising tide of protest. “We pay tribute to activists, students, civil society and the leaders of vulnerable countries who are rising up all over the world demanding more,” said Farhana Yamin, from XR UK. “We need now to work together to build an emergency coalition focused squarely on tackling climate devastation.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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1 posted on 12/17/2018 12:55:41 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Goebbelsian climate change cult want all humans to die.


2 posted on 12/17/2018 1:02:33 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Yeah, set some tires ablaze. That’ll teach us.


3 posted on 12/17/2018 1:05:46 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Protests against what?

Weather?

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4 posted on 12/17/2018 1:06:44 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: goldstategop

It would be great if every protest got a plane with a banner trailing saying just “Global Warming Activists Are Idiots.”


5 posted on 12/17/2018 1:08:30 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: TLI

We haven’t given up fossil fuels yet? Oh Lordy!


6 posted on 12/17/2018 1:08:47 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"...which scientists says will bring catastrophic extreme weather."

In layman's terms, hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and hurricanes during hurricane season. Rain will fall, wind will blow, and clouds will sometimes block the sun. With enough taxation, however, we might be able to tell you this is perfectly normal.
7 posted on 12/17/2018 1:08:54 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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They’re using nature to justify imposing socialism on the planet.


8 posted on 12/17/2018 1:14:42 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: TLI

> Protests against what?

Anything that isn’t Communism. “Climate change activist” = “Communist”. Zero difference, it’s just another of their many masks.


10 posted on 12/17/2018 1:18:09 PM PST by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Won’t that create more...ah, never mind.


11 posted on 12/17/2018 1:18:40 PM PST by Leep (we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
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To: goldstategop

The concept isn’t new. Socialists and communists get popular support by representing government as the savior of what the private sector is doing. Here, they’re using global warming instead of capitalism. Same goal, different means.


12 posted on 12/17/2018 1:21:02 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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13 posted on 12/17/2018 1:22:53 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Resized pic:


14 posted on 12/17/2018 1:26:03 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Climate Change Activists Soros Funded Anarchists Vow To Step Up Protests Around The World

There, fixed it!

15 posted on 12/17/2018 1:48:18 PM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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There, fixed it!

Perfect!

16 posted on 12/17/2018 1:50:55 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The left has convinced millions that the earth is on the brink of catstrophy. As a result these desperate people are capable of anythng because they are on a righteous cause. It’s a dangerous situation.


17 posted on 12/17/2018 2:00:35 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So, the PROTEST is the one thing that IS getting heated?


18 posted on 12/17/2018 2:02:33 PM PST by Ken Regis
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Talk about irony! In Paris, which the climate agreement is named after, they're rioting *because* of increased costs of gas, etc. due to so-called global warming prevention.

As Pogo the Possum said many years ago: "I have met the enemy and he is us."

19 posted on 12/17/2018 2:09:39 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: goldstategop

OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


20 posted on 12/17/2018 2:23:35 PM PST by abclily
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