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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jonathan Watts

Extreme weather and extreme politics go hand in hand – Trump and Musk are pushing both

People hold effigies of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg as they walk through central New York City
People hold effigies depicting (from left) Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg as they take part in the ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ climate march and rally in New York City on Saturday. Photograph: Adam Gray/Reuters

If it were not clear already, the biggest far-right protest in UK history is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought solely in the silos of science or environmentalism.

That may be a source of dismay for anyone who still believed the argument for a cleaner, safer, more equitable future can be won by reason alone. But there is also an upside to the alarming scenes recently witnessed in London: the alliance between billionaires, thugs and other opponents of change has come out of the shadows.

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