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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

One million species are on the brink of extinction


One million species are on the brink of extinction.

Our planet’s on pace for catastrophic 2.7°C of heating this century.

We are not moving in the right direction.1


Fossil fuel industries are filling the skies with carbon dioxide emissions.

Amazon rainforest is threatened by predatory mining and logging companies.

One million species are on the brink of extinction.


Banks must cease the reckless funding for coal, oil and gas expansion.

By stopping all new fossil fuel projects, Biden can reclaim his climate legacy.

We are not moving in the right direction.


Indigenous land has been desacralized by fossil fuel extraction.

President Biden needs to declare a climate emergency.

One million species are on the brink of extinction.


Why must progress look so much like destruction? 2

Corporate media, stop telling us we don’t have to worry.

We are not moving in the right direction.


The capitalist economic system is behind skyrocketing greenhouse gas pollution.

We need an economic transformation to avert irreversible climate catastrophe.

One million species are on the brink of extinction.

We are not moving in the right direction.



1 Greta Thunberg

2 John Steinbeck



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