The climate of fear | Peter Preston | The Guardian

Unless our leaders take radical action, global warming could usher in the far-right strongmen
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Sometimes, when you file a column like this, you begin with a gentle request to the subeditor. For instance: "Please don't choose a headline saying 'Today's Greens are tomorrow's fascists'. That's not what I'm saying. The end of democracy, and maybe the end of the world, will be a lot more complicated than that."

Polar Defense Project » Climate Change Hearings [In nature, carbon dioxide is always the difference between reality and perfection]

The witnesses accounts were all consistent - prolonged droughts, followed by floods, followed by more droughts ….