An oil tanker with 50-60 million gallons of oil is currently sinking in the Gulf of Paria. That's 5x more than the Exxon Valdez spill.
The Venezuelan government is denying any problems. If the world doesn't act now, this will be one of the biggest disasters ever.
Soo...Breonna Taylor has gotten a law, a magazine cover, a tv special, a family wrongful death settlement....everything but the arrests and charges she deserves. All distractions, no real justice.
From top left, clockwise: Brazil, Greece, Bulgaria, Argentina.
Your Twitter feed may be saturated with orange skies in California, but unprecedented, fossil-fueled wildfire is wreaking havoc on humans across the globe.
https://t.co/Xw64KhEJsd
Today's LA Times had 4 front-page articles on the fires. Three made no mention of climate. One mentioned "global warming" at the end but not in any relation to fire, just as a general stress on Joshua Trees.
If reporters don't make the connection neither will the public.
"The last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has collapsed, losing more than 40% of its area in just two days at the end of July, researchers said."
WE ARE IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY. WE NEED CLIMATE ACTION, CLIMATE JUSTICE, & SYSTEM CHANGE! ✊
https://t.co/flIU5mjzwS
It's been 93 days since Breonna Taylor was murdered and the only arrest made in relation to her death was the arrest of her partner, who was charged for defending himself against the intruders invading their home.