fossil fuels Archives - Writers Rebel https://writersrebel.com/tag/fossil-fuels/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:35:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://i0.wp.com/writersrebel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/index-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 fossil fuels Archives - Writers Rebel https://writersrebel.com/tag/fossil-fuels/ 32 32 184391167 My Damascus MomentNick O'Neill https://writersrebel.com/my-damascus-moment/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:21:49 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=6117   The shrieking of the young woman covered in fake blood had a visceral effect on me. She’s the same age as my daughter I thought, as the TV presenter thrust her microphone into my face. Like spectators in a Roman amphitheatre watching cowering Christians, the crowd of protesters pushed forward expectantly as if sensing [...]

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]]> 6117 FIGHT THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY: TAKE A CARBON HOLIDAYGary Stark https://writersrebel.com/fight-the-fossil-fuel-industry-take-a-carbon-holiday/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:03:46 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=5875   “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” By now most of us are familiar with this expression, and nowhere does it apply more than in our response to climate change. Individually, we can recycle, stop flying and driving, turn off lights, plant trees, cut out meat, lobby [...]

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]]> 5875 Don’t Be Like MeMark Engineer https://writersrebel.com/dont-be-like-me/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:00:10 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=4150   I have a confession to make. I’m a world class procrastinator. A heavyweight champion faffer-abouter. An Olympic standard timewaster. (This isn’t the confession. I’m just setting the scene.) It’s not great. It drives my friends and family nuts. It’s of practically no use in a climate and ecological emergency, which is all about acting [...]

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]]> 4150 They have given us no reason to trust themEmma Garnett https://writersrebel.com/they-have-given-us-no-reason-to-trust-them/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:59:47 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=3453   This is an edited version of a speech given to XR Scientists at the Science Museum on 29th August 2021 My name is Emma. I am a Research Fellow at Cambridge University looking at behaviour change and sustainable diets. But I’m not here to talk about that. Instead, I’ve been asked to speak today [...]

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