We're Toast 9

This post is a collection of links that support my increasingly strong feeling that the human race (or at least our technological civilization) is doomed. It is part of an ongoing series of posts.

Climate Change and Environment

• The World's Most Insane Energy Project Goes Ahead. What were they thinking?!
• The Midwest's Farms Face An Intense, Crop-Killing Future
• Permafrost in Canada Is Thawing 70 Years Earlier Than Expected. Which releases methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas.
• Plastic wrapped in plastic: The wasteful reality of America's grocery stores. Canadian grocery stores are not much better.
• This is the world's most destructive oil operation – and it's growing. Sadly, it's Canadian. 
• Welcome to the fastest-heating place on Earth. In the world’s northernmost town, temperatures have risen by 4C, devastating homes, wildlife and even the cemetery. 

Politics

• Canada's Climate Emergency Declaration Is Just Empty Words. I am very disappointed with our current government.
• A growing lack of trust in authority poses a serious danger to our health. That includes lack of trust in science, and that is dangerous.
• Runaway Senators, Militias and Koch Money: What the Hell Just Happened in Oregon? Another right-wing armed insurrection in the US.

Technology

• The 3D-Printed Gun Threat Is Getting Weird and Scary
• Could 5G take weather forecasting back to the 1980s?