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This Isn’t a Heatwave — It’s a Dying Planet

Our Civilisation is Boiling Alive in the Fumes of its Own Waste

umair
Jun 30, 2021
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It was my lovely doctor wife who leaned over to me and said: “Did you know scores of people in Canada are dead because of the heat? Near Vancouver?” Suffering a severe case of brain fog thanks to being in a pandemic for a year and counting now, I was tuned out. “Hmm,” I replied, absently. And then I woke up, suddenly hearing the words. “Wait, what?”

Cana…

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