Protecting the planet for future generations | Letters
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John Bird outlines his new bill to tackle the climate crisis, academics call for protection of tropical habitats and Ahmad O Al-Khowaiter defends Saudi Aramco's record. Plus letters from Wiebina Heesterman, Paul Donovan, Sarah Williamson and Siobhan Benita
The protests led by Extinction Rebellion remind us that there are more pressing problems than Britain's withdrawal from the EU (Of course these protests are inconvenient. They are designed to disrupt us, Editorial, 11 October).
Exploitative capitalism has sacrificed our wellbeing - and much of the planet's resources - on the altar of unlimited growth, binding the hands of those yet to be born.
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