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Interview: Bill Nye, scientist, television star and author of a new book on climate change: 'You can shoot the messenger but climate is still changing'

Interview: Bill Nye, scientist, television star and author of a new book on climate change: 'You can shoot the messenger but climate is still changing' | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
The acclaimed scientist and television star talks about his new book and the damaging effects of ignoring the planet’s changing climate
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Essay: A failure of imagination when it comes to the fate of the world? On the dearth of literary fiction devoted to climate change - by Siddhartha Deb

Essay: A failure of imagination when it comes to the fate of the world? On the dearth of literary fiction devoted to climate change - by Siddhartha Deb | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
To question the idea of progress requires an extremism of vision or a terrifying kind of independence.
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Essay: On the radical writer C. L. R. James, Moby Dick and the Age of Climate Change - by Justin Slaughter

Essay: On the radical writer C. L. R. James, Moby Dick and the Age of Climate Change - by Justin Slaughter | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
What does C. L. R. James's reading of Moby-Dick tell us about ruling elites and climate change today?
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