Rania Khalek Dispatches
Why It’s Wrong to Blame ‘Humanity’ in the Abstract for Climate Change, w/ Justin Podur
It’s widely accepted that humans are driving climate change and environmentalism has become mainstream. But what if “humanity” in the abstract isn’t to blame? Is it true that humans are inherently bad for nature? What if the real culprit is the systems we’re forced to operate under — capitalism, imperialism, colonialism— perpetrated by particular sections of humanity over others? So who, or what is to blame is really to blame for climate change? What are the limitations of the mainstream environmental movements? What’s the actual solution? And where do indigenous communities and decolonization fit in? To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Justin Podur, a Professor at York University in Toronto, author of many books including Extraordinary Threat, Haiti's New Dictatorship, America's Wars on Democracy in Rwanda and the DR Congo, and Siegebreakers and host of the Anti-Empire Project podcast. #BreakThroughNews
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Rania, climate change is a hoax. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant and while carbon dioxide does absorb some infrared radiation that is being emitted by the surface of the earth, it re emits this radiation to outer space and does not contribute to global warming at all. Of course environmental degradation is separate subject.
This is the elephant in the climate change room, and humans are incapable of changing it. The earth in it’s great orbit around the sun, for the last one thousand years, has been arriving at the location where it always has experienced an “Ice Age”. Ice Ages are known to be preceded by a brief warming period, and that is surely what we have at present.This “Ice Age” will be in evidence any day from now; and it is possible to argue that we are in those “foothills” right now. My advice is for everyone to stock up on food, heating, and warm clothing, while you can.