Links tagged “wacky”
- ‘The data is racist!’ Rhode Island professor denounces ‘science, statistics, and technology’ as ‘inherently racist’
University of Rhode Island and Director of Graduate Studies Erik Loomis wrote: "Science, statistics, and technology are all inherently racist because they are developed by racists who live in a racist society, whether they identify as racists or not."
Loomis added: "This is why I have so much contempt for those, including many liberals, who "just want the data." The data is racist!"
Also see: According to this professor, 'Science, statistics, and technology are all inherently racist'
University of Rhode Island Professor Erik Loomis said in a tweet that science, statistics and technology are inherently racist “because they are developed by racists living in a racist society." - Loomis also said that he has contempt for people who “just want the data."#
Identity politics invades the climate change debate
How 2 Pro-Nazi Nobelists Attacked Einstein’s 'Jewish Science'
- Return home after you die — in the form of mulch! Washington state begins human composting for ‘a greener alternative’ when you die
"Composting is now the only legal way for Washingtonians to be laid to rest on their own property, though in the form of mulch."
- Angst over climate impact of COVID vaccinations – ‘CO2-spewing airplanes & trucks needed’ to distribute – ‘Hospitals got creative, using bike delivery to reduce the environmental footprint’
- Greenpeace’s actual claim: ‘Historic record’ low cold temps & snow blamed on ‘climate change’ – ‘Can we afford not why we need to fight climate change’
Greenpeace: 'This is no coincidence. The climate is changing, and it's affecting our weather in a variety of ways all across the globe. Let’s demand world leaders to take this #ClimateCrisis seriously and act to stop it!'
- UN’s ‘Harmony with Nature’ project: Urge need to ‘shift from a human-centered to an Earth-centred society’ – ‘COVID-19 pandemic was linked to the poor health of ecosystems’
UN touts being 'the champion of non-anthropocentrism'
"The Nonhuman Rights Project in the United States instituted court proceedings on behalf of elephants and chimpanzees, arguing that they should be treated as “persons” and freed from captivity." ...
"In Sweden, the organizations Swedish Earth Rights Lawyers and Rights of Nature Sweden have drafted a declaration for the rights of Lake Vattern." ...
"The need for jointly imagining and creating a new normalcy that prioritizes planetary health and human well-being for all." ...
"The process of recovery from COVID-19 provides us with a unique opportunity to build back better, together, so as to transform the world into one where humans truly live in harmony with Nature."
- Whoa! Duck & Cover! U.S. cities consider treating fossil fuels like nuclear weapons – Seek ‘global disarmament’ through a ‘Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty’
- Science absurdity: Climate Change Blamed For Lake Victoria Record High Levels — After Being Blamed For Low Levels!
- France taken to court over ‘climate inaction’ in landmark case
CNN: The lawsuit was launched by four NGOs, including Greenpeace France and Oxfam France, following an online petition that gathered 2.3 million signatures -- the largest in French history, according to the organizers...The signatories hope the court will "compel the State to take all necessary measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions" to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) target set by the Paris Agreement, says the online petition...French campaigners also want recognition of "the State's climate inaction, that is to say the non-compliance by France of its commitments." ...
"Greenhouse gas emissions under this government's five-year term dropped at a pace that was twice as slow as the trajectories foreseen under the law," the NGOs said in a joint statement. ... "France makes up around 1% of the world's population and emits around 1% of the planet's greenhouse gases each year," it said. ...
Legal action on climate change has become a global phenomenon, according to a report published July 2019. By that date, lawsuits had been launched against governments and corporate interests in 28 countries, according to a report from the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Researchers found that, while the US was the global leader in terms of climate change litigation, the prevalence of such lawsuits had spread worldwide.
- Activist Eric Holthaus claims: ‘White nationalism gave us the climate emergency…Anti-racism must be the core of climate action’
Eric Holthaus: "Our country, and our nation, are in a climate emergency...This country was founded on the exploitation and extermination of non-white people who lived together with Nature, not in opposition to it. Over the past five hundred of years, that racist underpinning has continued to escalate the climate emergency. If we don’t acknowledge the racist roots of opposition to climate action, the world is going to keep spiraling towards chaos. It’s bad now. But it will get much, much worse."
- Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg: ‘When your house in on fire don’t wait’ to call ‘the fire department’ – Reality Check: You ‘don’t call firemen when room temperature rises from 14.5C to 15.5C’
Greta urges climate action: "When your house is on fire you don’t wait another 10, 20 or 30 years before calling the fire department."
But Climate Skeptic Pierre Gosselin responds: "You certainly don't call the firemen when the room temperature rises from 14.5C to 15.5C and hysterically insist the house is on fire. If you did, they'd call the mental health authorities and have tou brought to a nuthouse!"
