"#Fossilfuel executives have known since the 1970s that burning oil, coal and gas would cause escalating #climatecatastrophes and worldwide suffering. Yet they lied, sacrificed our safety for their greed and just unleashed an apocalypse on my hometown. Their actions will condemn children today to a planet that’s more hell than Earth by the end of the century if we don’t stop them.

It isn’t just a tragedy; it’s a crime against humanity."

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-10-04/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-climate-change

U.S. sets record for billion-dollar #weather and #ClimateDisasters in 2023 - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sets-record-for-billion-dollar-natural-disasters-climate-catastrophes-in-2023/# “U.S. has set a new record for the number of #WeatherDisasters in a year that cost $1 billion or more.

There have been 23 #ClimateCatastrophes and weather events costing at least $1 billion as of the end of August, breaking the record of 22 set in 2020, .. This year's disasters have so far cost more than $57.6 billion and killed 253 people.”

#epistemology of #technoganda: sell magic to keep systems of #unequal #power that wipe out millions via
#climatecatastrophes and not #BendTheKeelingCurve.