The planet cannot survive our remorseless pursuit of profit | Owen Jones
by Owen Jones from Environment | The Guardian on (#5FJ59)
Oil companies knew 50 years ago the huge damage they were doing. Their motive to ignore it is the same now as it was then
Capitalism is on a collision course with human life and the future of our planet. Each year, air pollution takes more lives than smoking: the last estimate suggests 8.8m deaths across the world, compared with 7m from cigarettes.
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