Suicides indicate wave of ‘doomerism’ over escalating climate crisis

Photo caption: Wildfire approaches a woman’s house on the island of Evia, Greece, in August 2021. Photo credit: Bloomberg / Getty Images. Article by Oliver Milman. The Guardian – May 19, 2022.

Warning: This article contains a description of a suicide. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is at 800-273-8255 and online chat is also available. 

While alarm over wildfires, droughts, flooding and societal unrest is on the rise, not many of us talk about climate angst

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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