[MCN] What will it take for Montanans to reach this point?

[Lance Olsen]

Wildfires in Australia trigger mass protest across the country today <https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEF_dwv4sG2feWi_vgOf8BAoqGQgEKhAIACoHCAowyNj6CjDyiPICMKb_xAU?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Thousands of Australians marched through every capital city across the country to protest what they say is a lack of government action on climate change and ...
CBS News <https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMMjY-gow8ojyAg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
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Tens of thousands protest Australian PM's climate policies amid bushfire crisis <https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEArWUZILy0x-37MovoMjLCkqGQgEKhAIACoHCAowocv1CjCSptoCMPvTpgU?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Thousands of activists marched in several major cities across Australia on Friday, calling on the government to act on the climate crisis and do more to stop the ...
CNN <https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMKHL9QowkqbaAg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
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Thousands rally across Australia, condemning government handling of bushfire crisis <https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEAwDoMk75OM11A_H79KKHtsqGQgEKhAIACoHCAowzYuBCzDM_PsCML_R7gU?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Large numbers of people gathered in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane armed with signs and placards, many baring the #sackScomo hashtag.
SBS News <https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMM2LgQswzPz7Ag?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
2 days ago
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Protests Erupt as Australia’s Bushfire Crisis Continues <https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEJ9SncFcmiFw-h_3gD2F7jUqGAgEKg8IACoHCAowqc_1ATCe_xQwopu1Bg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Climate change rallies have been held in Australia by thousands of protesters critical of the government's handling of the bushfire crisis. A demonstration in ...
VOA News <https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMKnP9QEwnv8U?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
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Sydney CBD climate protest attracts over 30,000 people <https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEOP2uaHJ8-oWjvJ77Hzf_AIqGQgEKhAIACoHCAowxqmICzDg_IYDMKbgmwY?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
More than 30000 protesters have voiced their displeasure at the government's handling of the bushfire crisis and their attitude towards climate change.
Sydney Morning Herald <https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMMapiAsw4PyGAw?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
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Thousands of Protesters Call for Australia PM's Resignation (VIDEO) <https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiWmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5ld3N5LmNvbS9zdG9yaWVzL3Rob3VzYW5kcy1vZi1wcm90ZXN0ZXJzLWNhbGwtZm9yLWF1c3RyYWxpYS1wbS1zLXJlc2lnbmF0aW9uL9IBAA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Authorities have expressed frustration that the protests are distracting emergency services from battling fires.
Newsy
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“Full of recent references and statistics, Harvesting the Biosphere adds to the growing chorus of warnings about the current trajectory of human activity on a finite planet, of which climate change is only one dimension. 

“One can quibble with some assumptions or tweak Smil’s calculations, but the bottom line will not change, only the time it may take humanity to reach a crisis point.”

Stephen Running. “Approaching the Limits” Science 15 March 2013.

Book review. Harvesting the Biosphere: What we have taken from Nature. by Vaclav Smil .  MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2012. 315 pp. $29, £19.95. ISBN 9780262018562.

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“Man …  is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth.”

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)


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