repeating myself

[mizkit]

I once more point people at my environmentalism temper tantrum, mostly because it’s faster than typing it all out again. Triggered this time by

- the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas failing to have the balls to do what needs doing, ie, a total ban on tuna fishing for years to come. Yes, I get the impact of that on

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[martianmooncrab]

he can’t let a few dumb animals stand in the way of the state’s prosperity

they should then start with professional politicians.

[suricattus]

these days I'm just glad I don't have a kid, because I'm not sure what I could tell him/her other than "sorry, honey, but Humanity as a whole sucks. Maybe we'll kill ourselves off somehow and let the squirrels have their shot."

[crevanfox]

Perhaps Officer Walker will be facing down a pissed off Green Man or demi god of the water in an upcoming novel? Herne can't be the only guardian of the wooded places, can he? I forsee some angry Dryads protecting a forest slated for removal *hint, hint*

[unixronin]

none of that diminishes the fact [that] the ICCAT lacks the balls to do its job
Hear, hear. See also the IWC, which continues decade after decade to swallow Japan's transparent excuse that its whaling is for "scientific purposes".

And don't get me started on the climate-change deniers.

As for the book ..... Neal Stephenson sold Zodiac, and Big Idea Environmental Fiction wasn't his gig either.

[pgwfolc]

Doesn't surprise me that Republicans walked out. Don't you know that "Global Warming" is a vast left-wing conspiracy actively burying and ignoring anyone bold enough to question the data? It's perfectly obvious to anyone who functions as a ventriloquist dummy for corporate interests.

But I had no idea that Alaska (the only state so prosperous that residents get money back on tax day, and the only state so incredibly thinly populated that small planes are a primary mode of "town" to "town" transportation) was being held back by the dwindling population of polar bears.