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Joe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate” (jacobin.com)
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In the same week large swaths of the US were under extreme heat warnings, Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed its most recent motion to dismiss a landmark climate case by arguing that nothing in the Constitution guarantees the right to a secure climate.

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Are you really going to use the line that we can accomplish much as individual contributors? While everyone can change habits to make very minor differences, the real issues like with governments and large corporations.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    No. I have an issue with people feeling victimized and placing blame on others as if the shit sandwich we're all going to eat can be reasonably blamed on an entity as if a moment existed in the history of human behavior and politics where we weren't already screwed long ago.

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