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1. Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 04-Feb-2024 18:07:46 JST Richard Stallman

   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/30/fossil-fuel-industry-air-pollution-fund-research-caltech-climate-change-denial
   https://stallman.org/glossary.html#global%20heating

   Fossil fuel companies were warned about the danger of global heating in 1954, from research that they funded to track the level of CO2 in the air.

   • William B Peckham (wbpeckham@techhub.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 13:57:15 JST William B Peckham

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     @rms but the first warning came from independent scientists in 1912. While there is no excuse for them, there is little excuse for the rest of us either.

   • Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 13:57:15 JST Richard Stallman

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     • William B Peckham

     @wbpeckham You wrote, "the first warning came from independent scientists in 1912."
     Could you possibly point me to a URL explaining those events?
     I'd appreciate knowing about it.