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June 15, 2021
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In this newsletter is:

1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021
2. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org)
          a) Greed and Stupidity at the G7 Summit
          b) Keystone XL Pipeline Dead; Now Let's Kill Line 3
          c) Smoke and Mirrors: Shell Deems Cargo of Fossil Fuels “Carbon Neutral”
          d) US Drought Intensifies
          e) An Environmental Disaster Off the Coast of Sri Lanka

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1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021

We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office, THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 17, FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM (and most subsequent Thursdays until Peace is established). Please join us this Thursday in saying NO WAR AGAINST PALESTINE or any other country. The temperature is predicted to be around 90. If you do not feel comfortable standing with us in front of the Post Office, please consider driving by and showing your support for our message by honking your horn and flashing a peace sign.

Note 1: Since there are so few of us, generally only 2, no need to cancel; but let's maintain social distancing.

Note 2: In case of inclement weather, vigils may be canceled or terminated early.

2. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org)
          a) Greed and Stupidity at the G7 Summit
          b) Keystone XL Pipeline Dead; Now Let's Kill Line 3
          c) Smoke and Mirrors: Shell Deems Cargo of Fossil Fuels “Carbon Neutral”
          d) US Drought Intensifies
          e) An Environmental Disaster Off the Coast of Sri Lanka

Greed and Stupidity at the G7 Summit
“Greed and stupidity make a lethal cocktail.” —Dave Jorgenson
G7 leaders met in Cornwall in the UK last week and agreed to do as little as possible when it comes to vaccinating folks in poor countries and curbing their own fossil fuel emissions. On the other hand, they agreed to ramp up the cold war against China and Russia. Meanwhile, the Red Arrows, UK's answer to the Blue Angels, in a remarkable display of cognitive dissonance, burned up prodigious quantities of jet fuel with acrobatic stunts for the dignitaries waffling below, as our climate continues to heat up.

The self-proclaimed G7 countries are: USA, UK, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and Canada.

Keystone XL Pipeline Dead; Now Let's Kill Line 3

After a decade of climate activism, the Keystone XL Pipeline which was to bring Canadian tar-sands oil to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico has been declared officially dead. It's demise will not be lamented.

Meanwhile, activists continue to demonstrate against Line 3, which threatens potable water supplies and Native American Treaty Rights in Minnesota.

Smoke and Mirrors: Shell Deems Cargo of Fossil Fuels “Carbon Neutral”

Yeah, just like smoking can be cancer-neutral.

Shell apparently paid landowners for trees they had already planted and claimed this “neutralizes” the damage their fossil fuels do.

The bottom line: big oil has no intention of giving up fossil fuels without a fight. They would rather see “human civilization” collapse in a climate catastrophe than give up their cash cow.

US Drought Intensifies

Meanwhile 61% of the lower 48 states are now abnormally dry, with 45% in drought. The entire states of California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah are in drought.

An Environmental Disaster Off the Coast of Sri Lanka

The X-Press Pearl, a container ship loaded with plastic and chemicals burned and sank off the coast of Sri Lanka, contaminating the Sri Lankan coastline and a large area of the ocean.

This may give you some idea of the lack of resilience in our “global civilization.”

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Wage peace,

Tom
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