The Chris Hedges Report with John Vailant, author of "Fire Weather," on the climate catastrophe and the uncontrollable firestorms, each more deadly than the next, incinerating the planet.
The Chris Hedges Report with John Vailant, author of "Fire Weather," on the climate catastrophe and the uncontrollable firestorms, each more deadly than the next, incinerating the planet.
On May 2016 a monster wildfire engulfed the city of Fort McMurray in the Canadian province of Alberta, destroying thousands of homes and forcing the evacuation of 88,000 people. The freakishly destructive conflagration, which tore into town with such speed that residents barely escaped in their cars as their houses flared and vaporized, is a harbinger of the new normal, the kind of climate catastrophe that will become commonplace as the climate heats up and monster storms, heat waves and wildfires proliferate.
As an Albertan for the last 40 years it was great to hear how John sees Alberta and agree 100% with his analysis of the people and the economy and how entrenched the golden handcuff psyche is embedded across all industries and professional organizations. I would add also that Alberta with all its wealth over the decades never truly tried to diversify its economy which needs decades to build and mature and is only now waking up to this mistake. You won’t see a lot of forward thinking coming out of Alberta. Apologies
No science. A few examples of fires. But no logic or facts connecting them to a pattern. No science about how CO2 causes global warming. No statistics which actually show wild fires are not running away. Ignoring the failures to clean out the undergrowth due to policy changes made by Green alarmists. You usually do such a good job at details and logic. Not your best piece
This is really over the top stupid and the reason I stopped supporting you earlier. This is not "science." This is politics or religion and you a fooling nobody. Give it a rest!
So many right wing anti climate activists commented negatively on this wonderful interview about the petroleum industry, fire, and the economy. Everyone should listen to this interview!
I believe that there is history of larger fires in Canada long before the cult of climate crisis began.
And we have the added problem of environmental activism blocking foresting and also the use of biofuels... which helped the logging industry dispose of all the underbrush.
I call this fear porn propaganda serving the globalist great reset agenda and elite's luxury beliefs.
The time has come to truly begin to imagine a realistic and humane, even gentle, process of transition for everyone. Meaning: A transition that doesn’t hurt much and that sustains a decent level of prosperity for everybody, except the very wealthy. Humans are smart enough to socially design for this outcome.
Fuck religion, and fuck the media....the old Biblical warning, FIRE NEXT TIME...is here...and it isn't as difficult as many imagine for a lot of us to get off the addiction.. Stop living beyond your means, learn to cook, save money, put up solar panels, buy a heat pump, and EV saves money.............
And for the love of the goddess, don't vote right wing demogogues...there are good social democrats out there. In Canada, we have Charlie Angus....with a bill to stop fals advertising from the fossil fuel industry. He's receiving death threats....we can send him our support...........and vote for parties that aren't into fossil fuels, unaffordable housing, genocide and ecocide...........
The future exists now, in the present..........but too many of us continue to keep our kids in houses that will burn in five minutes...when we have the money to start building, buying and living sustainably.
Thank you Chris for featuring this wonderful Canadian. I've read his book.
Excellent report on a topic that is little covered by main stream media which provided a lot of informative insight about what is occurring in a remote area of Canada that is greatly contributing to global warming and the destruction of our world. Another example of capitalism run amok and the great and timely journalism of Chris Hedges!
Trudeau supports the genocide. I'm 80 years old and I have opposed the occupation of Palestine since I was 20. You have no idea about me and your nasty comments just show what kind of a person YOU are. I also know a LOT about climate science which I have studied for over 50 years now. I wonder where you get YOUR information?
Chris, a March 8th article by Peter Baker in “these ‘TIMES’ they ain’t a-changing” was excised from the initial article — which seems to me as being enforced self-censorship or top-down excising of the news regarding Nutanyahu’s underlying continuation of war at any cost:
“It is precisely when the international pressure increases that we must close ranks among ourselves,” Mr. Netanyahu said in a speech Thursday. “We must stand together against the attempts to stop the war.”
There was a time when we could count on you to set the record straight and point us in the right direction ... but not anymore ...
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Why on earth is Hedges diverting our attention to a Canadian fire that occurred 8 years ago while Texas is in the midst of the worst fires in its history?
CBS is reporting that 7,000 cattle have been killed, so we know that figure is probably larger ... this area accounts for nearly 90% of the beef production in the U.S and the WEF is on record as saying that the global livestock population must be reduced to save us from the phony existential threat of climate change that Hedges continues to push on us ... this story is obviously too hot to handle for Hedges, so it seems he's doing his best to hide the Texas fires from us ... and his guest author is an accomplice in diverting us away from another major story.
My research suggests he now has 85k SUBS here, up from 60k since OCT 7 ...
1) Why can't Hedges drop the names of several GAZA support orgs? ... why not?
He's in a perfect position to extend his influence by simply mentioning these orgs OR even better, leading an effort to establish a support fund in his name ...
2) Why can't he alternate his writings between Assange/Gaza and those issues that are now crushing "his" U.S. working class? ... I now count 70 pieces he has posted here since OCT 7, and all but 6 addressed issues other than the ISR-Palestinian conflict ... we the members of Hedges' U.S. working class have fallen off of his radar.
Chris Hedges refused to stand with us against the illegal and unconstitutional mandates and passports, pushed the "safe & effective" narrative on us just 30 days after the explosive, court-ordered FDA FOIA release and continues to protect the phony climate existential threat narrative.
In 2009, Al Gore predicted the polar ice caps may disappear in 5-7 yrs ...
Unfortunately there is so much fear mongering, this is not climate change, the climate is and will be getting colder, as the sun's radiance continues to diminish. The link between the installation of wireless devices (smart meters) and Power supply leads to uncontrollable fires. this was seen across California and continues in all neighborhoods where houses have smart meters..wireless is the problem, not climate, and this must be reviewed for restoring health, and preventing these fires..they are Man Made, climate is not the SUN determines the climate, and we are in a grand solar minimum. www.gsmsolar.com
As an Albertan for the last 40 years it was great to hear how John sees Alberta and agree 100% with his analysis of the people and the economy and how entrenched the golden handcuff psyche is embedded across all industries and professional organizations. I would add also that Alberta with all its wealth over the decades never truly tried to diversify its economy which needs decades to build and mature and is only now waking up to this mistake. You won’t see a lot of forward thinking coming out of Alberta. Apologies
Chris
WOW
best ever interview.
Between this interview and our upcoming election and our forever wars
could we get even more neurotic...don't think so....where going batty nuts as a species...and taking all live on earth along with us.
No science. A few examples of fires. But no logic or facts connecting them to a pattern. No science about how CO2 causes global warming. No statistics which actually show wild fires are not running away. Ignoring the failures to clean out the undergrowth due to policy changes made by Green alarmists. You usually do such a good job at details and logic. Not your best piece
This is really over the top stupid and the reason I stopped supporting you earlier. This is not "science." This is politics or religion and you a fooling nobody. Give it a rest!
Chris - How did you manage to bring out the climate deniers? Are these people regular readers of your site?
I thought this was one of your most powerful pieces, so the denial trolls are out after it in force. Surely an indicator of nailing it!
Fear porn!!!
Great interview. I groaned through the whole thing. And then bought the book.
So many right wing anti climate activists commented negatively on this wonderful interview about the petroleum industry, fire, and the economy. Everyone should listen to this interview!
I believe that there is history of larger fires in Canada long before the cult of climate crisis began.
And we have the added problem of environmental activism blocking foresting and also the use of biofuels... which helped the logging industry dispose of all the underbrush.
I call this fear porn propaganda serving the globalist great reset agenda and elite's luxury beliefs.
The time has come to truly begin to imagine a realistic and humane, even gentle, process of transition for everyone. Meaning: A transition that doesn’t hurt much and that sustains a decent level of prosperity for everybody, except the very wealthy. Humans are smart enough to socially design for this outcome.
Fuck religion, and fuck the media....the old Biblical warning, FIRE NEXT TIME...is here...and it isn't as difficult as many imagine for a lot of us to get off the addiction.. Stop living beyond your means, learn to cook, save money, put up solar panels, buy a heat pump, and EV saves money.............
And for the love of the goddess, don't vote right wing demogogues...there are good social democrats out there. In Canada, we have Charlie Angus....with a bill to stop fals advertising from the fossil fuel industry. He's receiving death threats....we can send him our support...........and vote for parties that aren't into fossil fuels, unaffordable housing, genocide and ecocide...........
The future exists now, in the present..........but too many of us continue to keep our kids in houses that will burn in five minutes...when we have the money to start building, buying and living sustainably.
Thank you Chris for featuring this wonderful Canadian. I've read his book.
WE ALL SHOULD.
Excellent report on a topic that is little covered by main stream media which provided a lot of informative insight about what is occurring in a remote area of Canada that is greatly contributing to global warming and the destruction of our world. Another example of capitalism run amok and the great and timely journalism of Chris Hedges!
Trudeau supports the genocide. I'm 80 years old and I have opposed the occupation of Palestine since I was 20. You have no idea about me and your nasty comments just show what kind of a person YOU are. I also know a LOT about climate science which I have studied for over 50 years now. I wonder where you get YOUR information?
Chris, a March 8th article by Peter Baker in “these ‘TIMES’ they ain’t a-changing” was excised from the initial article — which seems to me as being enforced self-censorship or top-down excising of the news regarding Nutanyahu’s underlying continuation of war at any cost:
“It is precisely when the international pressure increases that we must close ranks among ourselves,” Mr. Netanyahu said in a speech Thursday. “We must stand together against the attempts to stop the war.”
Shame on you Mr. Hedges!
There was a time when we could count on you to set the record straight and point us in the right direction ... but not anymore ...
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Why on earth is Hedges diverting our attention to a Canadian fire that occurred 8 years ago while Texas is in the midst of the worst fires in its history?
GO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pz9gvdvWmU&t=334s
CBS is reporting that 7,000 cattle have been killed, so we know that figure is probably larger ... this area accounts for nearly 90% of the beef production in the U.S and the WEF is on record as saying that the global livestock population must be reduced to save us from the phony existential threat of climate change that Hedges continues to push on us ... this story is obviously too hot to handle for Hedges, so it seems he's doing his best to hide the Texas fires from us ... and his guest author is an accomplice in diverting us away from another major story.
10 Reasons Global Warming is a hoax ...
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-27-top-10-reasons-climate-change-is-a-complete-hoax-ponzi-scheme.html
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This one is even better ...
https://eartheclipse.com/environment/climate-change/10-reasons-climate-change-is-hoax.html
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I'm also calling out Hedges on two more points:
My research suggests he now has 85k SUBS here, up from 60k since OCT 7 ...
1) Why can't Hedges drop the names of several GAZA support orgs? ... why not?
He's in a perfect position to extend his influence by simply mentioning these orgs OR even better, leading an effort to establish a support fund in his name ...
2) Why can't he alternate his writings between Assange/Gaza and those issues that are now crushing "his" U.S. working class? ... I now count 70 pieces he has posted here since OCT 7, and all but 6 addressed issues other than the ISR-Palestinian conflict ... we the members of Hedges' U.S. working class have fallen off of his radar.
Chris Hedges refused to stand with us against the illegal and unconstitutional mandates and passports, pushed the "safe & effective" narrative on us just 30 days after the explosive, court-ordered FDA FOIA release and continues to protect the phony climate existential threat narrative.
In 2009, Al Gore predicted the polar ice caps may disappear in 5-7 yrs ...
CBS NEWS:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gore-arctic-ice-may-soon-vanish-in-summer/
In 2022 Hedges referred to the now easily-disproven global warming narrative as ...
"the greatest existential crisis facing the human species."
SALON: https://www.salon.com/2022/07/26/dawn-of-the-apocalypse-existential-for-our-species-is-right-here-right-now/
There was a time when Hedges would set the record straight, but not anymore.
Unfortunately there is so much fear mongering, this is not climate change, the climate is and will be getting colder, as the sun's radiance continues to diminish. The link between the installation of wireless devices (smart meters) and Power supply leads to uncontrollable fires. this was seen across California and continues in all neighborhoods where houses have smart meters..wireless is the problem, not climate, and this must be reviewed for restoring health, and preventing these fires..they are Man Made, climate is not the SUN determines the climate, and we are in a grand solar minimum. www.gsmsolar.com