Crismus@lemmy.fmhy.mltoWork Reform@lemmy.world•[Texas Tribune] “We are dying”: Houston workers protest new state law removing water break requirements
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1 year agoIndividual votes don’t count nearly as much as corporate cash.
This is the epitome of late stage capitalism in the US.
Heavy particulate smog cools the planet. Horrible for people, but has masked how bad CO2 has increased global heating.
As many places have cleaned up diesel fuel emissions, the heating has increased.
The US East coast pollution of the 1970’s was a major contribution to the drought in Ethiopia in the 80’s. Dense smog blocks ocean evaporation. Chinese heavy smog has been causing a lot of the drought conditions in the western US due to the same factors.
I find it amazing how each Continent causes changes in other Continents.