Actual SCIENTISTS having water cannons turned on them as they demand we face the reality of climate change that threatens us all. What a state we are in.
Police water cannons are yet again turned on the scientists. Today an estimated 10,000 peaceful protestors in the Hague, are demonstrating against Dutch government subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, totalling at least 37.5 billion euros a year.
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@MrMatthewTodd
Protests won’t help. The fate of humanity is decided in backrooms.
A
#carbonTax
has been proposed for decades by powerful people but still the US has nome. Why? Can someone dig up the story of bills proposed and then blocked?
Who are the heroes and villains in this story?
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@MrMatthewTodd
Very nice of the police to cool the protesters off during this European heatwave.
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@MrMatthewTodd
The Netherlands is perhaps the European nation most vulnerable to rising sea levels.
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@MrMatthewTodd
Heroes 🫶
When we the 99% people of the world come to fully embrace that our govt’s are-w/far too few exceptions-bought & paid for by the 1% with the obscene amts of $ to do that to gain the access to what THEY need?
Then & only then can real change (with needed protest) happen.
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@MrMatthewTodd
There are many
#climate
protests next week, wonder how many watercannons are used then.
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@MrMatthewTodd
They're lucky it isn't sub-zero temperatures. Also, these cannons are just spraying and not jet-streaming. Still..Pretty oppressive.
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@MrMatthewTodd
Yep Governments around the world need to wake up! It was 21.5° C at 1am here in UK in September! 5 days at 30°C+ Records Broken Accross the UK! My Grand Children will Suffer I'm afraid!
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@simondowser
Doesn't The Hague have some sort of International Court for Human Rights = Justice. Go figure
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@AlbertMacGloan
"Extinction Rebellion, which organised the event, has said it will continue to hold protests until the government of the Netherlands stops using public funds to subsidise the oil and gas industry."
more here:
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@MrMatthewTodd
And the irony of using all that fresh water to get rid of people who are trying to stop a shortage of fresh water around the world.
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@MrMatthewTodd
yeah, that sounds about right.
By "right" I mean "what my cynical ass thinks would happen in our capitalist hellscape"
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@MrMatthewTodd
Turning water cannons on scientists and other citizens drawing attention to the importance of responding effectively to climate change is entirely inappropriate
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