In Episode 106 [14] of the CounterVortex podcast [15], Bill Weinberg continues his rant against the ubiquitous propaganda that normalizes the oppressive and dystopian pre-pandemic normality—or, as it is now incorrectly rendered [16], "normalcy" (sic). The opportunity for a crash conversion from fossil fuels that was posed by 2020's pandemic-induced economic paralysis is now being squandered [17]. As fossil-fuel prices soar [17], the Biden administration is continuing a Trump-era policy [18] to aggressively open public lands to coal mining, refusing to return [19] to an Obama-era moratorium on new leases. US greenhouse gas emissions dramatically bounced back [20] in 2021, which was one of the five hottest years on record. A record was made [27] for highest temperature ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. (The Northern Hemisphere record was reached [28] in 2020.) The global mean sea level [21] is rapidly rising, and will keep rising for centuries [22] even if the Paris Agreement [23] goals are met, as seems less likely each day. And all this as hospitals remain overwhelmed [24] coast to coast, and the National Guard is being mobilized [25] to keep them functioning. Listen on SoundCloud [14] or via Patreon [26].
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