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Suicides indicate wave of ‘doomerism’ over escalating climate crisis

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Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2022-05-19

It was a stunning, grisly act. A man, a climate activist and Buddhist, had set himself on fire on the steps of the US supreme court. He sat upright and didn’t immediately scream despite the agony. Police officers desperately plunged nearby orange traffic cones into the court’s marbled fountain and hurled water at him. It wasn’t enough to save him.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/19/climate-suicides-despair-global-heating