We’re out of time on climate change. And Hillary Clinton helped get us here | Naomi Klein

Clinton's conviction that she can get the fossil fuel companies on board is mistaken: this can't be solved by convincing the ultra-rich to do the right thing

There aren't a lot of certainties left in the US presidential race, but here's one thing about which we can be absolutely sure: the Clinton camp really doesn't like talking about fossil-fuel money. Last week, when a young Greenpeace campaigner challenged Hillary Clinton about taking money from fossil-fuel companies, the candidate accused the Bernie Sanders campaign of "lying" and declared herself "so sick" of it. As the exchange went viral, a succession of high-powered Clinton supporters pronounced that there was nothing to see here and that everyone should move along.

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