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It’s almost like sending climate activists to prison isn’t fixing the climate crisis or something.
@aral but have they sent enough of them to prison? it will work at scale. 
@aral @ravensrod quote I saved:
"It would be extremely convenient for everyone if the climate crisis could be removed from our lives by the ruling of a Judge. If we could imprison the wildfires, if we could arrest famines, or if we could legislate against the rising sea waters that will leave parts of Britain submerged, that would be a fantastic outcome – but the reality is that we can’t and rapid decarbonisation is the only way of preventing these horrifying outcomes... 1/2
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...However, the judiciary – like the police – is proving to be an effective arm of the oil and gas industry, by silencing and imprisoning members of the public taking nonviolent action against climate collapse. Future generations will be disgusted by rulings such as this." - Cressie Gethin of just stop oil, arrested at 22 for conniving a gantry. 2/2
@aral nature bats last