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“I hope the younger generations can forgive us”: State oil company pushed $100 billion of deals in UAE’s year as COP28 host (www.globalwitness.org)
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[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

We don't, but what does it matter? We'll all burn on this ball together, some a little earlier than others.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 5 months ago

We can be good ancestors, and cut fossil fuel emissions to zero fast enough to leave our descendants with a civilization-supporting planet.

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