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Dear Friend,
Yesterday, scientists reported that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached an all-time high of 416 parts per million—up from 411 ppm in just one year.
It's impossible to understate how bad this news is. The maximum safe level of carbon dioxide to prevent catastrophic climate change is 350 ppm. In fact, before 1950, carbon dioxide levels never went over 305 ppm in the previous 800,000 years!
But as Greta Thunberg said, "The saddest thing is that this won't be breaking news.”
And Greta was right. The corporate media barely noticed. But at Common Dreams, we always treat the climate emergency as headline news. As a small donor-funded, nonprofit news outlet, we're able to cover the news that matters, not just what gets clicks or what advertisers or investors want us to cover.
Mankind is drastically changing the nature of life on earth, putting the very survival of humanity at risk, and the media yawns.
But here's how we covered the news—with the banner headline it deserves:
With the climate emergency spinning out of control, we're committed to covering the crisis as the threat to civilization that it is.
But the only way we can keep providing that coverage is with the support of small donors like you. Will you chip in today?
In solidarity and thanks,
Kimberly Monaghan
Board Chair
for the whole Common Dreams news team
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