Stop talking right now about the threat of climate change. It’s here; it’s happening

Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, flash fires, droughts: all of them tell us one thing – we need to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fast

By Bill McKibben
The Guardian
September 11, 2017

For the sake of keeping things manageable, let’s confine the discussion to a single continent and a single week: North America over the last seven days.