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"Transitioning away from burning fossil fuels is a very difficult task. No one knows this better than this region. Yet, we have no choice. It has to be done." UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell today at the opening of #MENAClimateWeek in Riyadh

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Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki3 years ago

@simonstiell @UNFCCC wants to keep you poor. Don't let them.

Rootkit Monkey3 years ago

@simonstiell

Jeff Wincek3 years ago

@simonstiell Yeah. That’s why Germany is going back to coal-fired plants this winter.

AuSable River Rat3 years ago

@simonstiell How about using facts. Just admit climate change is wealth redistribution and keeping people dependent on big government instead of the paycheck from employers. Why do yout cherts for global warming start at 1850?

David Bryan3 years ago

@simonstiell Without a clean & effective energy breakthrough it cannot be done.

Chad Karbinski3 years ago

@simonstiell To deny affordable and reliable energy sources, when they could otherwise gain access via a free market, is savage and immoral.

Roberto Perez3 years ago

@simonstiell Grifters. Defund the UN. #ClimateScam

Dave White3 years ago

@simonstiell You believe lies.

Krampus The Cat3 years ago

@simonstiell Sadistic death cult puppet POS you will be remembered as the enemy of the people everyone capable of critical thinking knows calling it “fossil fuel” was used to promote “scarcity” oil is virtually endless carbon is the lifeblood of all living things

Rob Michaels3 years ago

@simonstiell Oh, thank GOD for the sanity of these comments. #endtheUN #endtheWEF #endtheWHO

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