boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTemperatures in Pakistan cross 52 degrees Celsius — that’s more than 125°Fedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down11cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkTemperatures in Pakistan cross 52 degrees Celsius — that’s more than 125°Fedition.cnn.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square100fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down6·1 month agoDon’t worry Pakistan Greenpeace banned nuclear power and brought back coal, that will save you from the ravages of global warming
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-21 month ago Greenpeace banned nuclear power and brought back coal Centuries of colonial rule Decades of military dictatorship Enormous domestic fossil fuels and chemicals industry (see: Pakistan’s fuel oil exports surge to record high on muted domestic demand ) Decades of nuclear non-proliferation policy at the UN driven by fear of rogue states using the weapons to terrorize civilians Billions spent on media campaigns to influence fossil fuel policies You know that small American-based environmental organization that did a few high profile stunts back in the 1970s? They did this.
Don’t worry Pakistan Greenpeace banned nuclear power and brought back coal, that will save you from the ravages of global warming
Centuries of colonial rule
Decades of military dictatorship
Enormous domestic fossil fuels and chemicals industry (see: Pakistan’s fuel oil exports surge to record high on muted domestic demand )
Decades of nuclear non-proliferation policy at the UN driven by fear of rogue states using the weapons to terrorize civilians
Billions spent on media campaigns to influence fossil fuel policies
You know that small American-based environmental organization that did a few high profile stunts back in the 1970s? They did this.