Article 584DG Drought, plague, fire: the apocalypse feels nigh. Yet we have tools to stop it | Art Cullen

Drought, plague, fire: the apocalypse feels nigh. Yet we have tools to stop it | Art Cullen

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Art Cullen
from Environment | The Guardian on (#584DG)

In climate change, the Four Horsemen have a perfect force of destruction. Maybe these fires and floods will be a wake-up call to stop stalling

As the west coast burns into an orange hellscape you have to wonder if those preaching the end of time aren't on to something. The people smart enough to make a cellphone have been warning that we have no more than a decade to tamp down the climate crisis. Other wise men and women think we don't even have that much time. We should listen.

People have been preaching the end of time since the beginning of time. The whole story got laid down in the Book of Revelation. Being raised Catholic, we did not read the Bible that much and were casually advised by the nuns to not wade too deep in that chapter. Concentrate on Love Thy Neighbor because Ye Shall Not Know the Hour or Day.

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