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This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly

Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the few places left to share them honestly Climate campaign 2026: help us reach 30,000 acts of support Well, there’s no getting around it now. What many of us once feared has become a reality. The dangerous conditions climate scientists long warned of have become our common, if deeply

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First seen
24 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC
Last checked
24 Aug 2026, 15:25 UTC
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 09:45 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Tim Winton
Section
Climate crisis
Source-supplied excerpt
Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the few places left to share them honestly Climate campaign 2026: help us reach 30,000 acts of support Well, there’s no getting around it now. What many of us once feared has become a reality. The dangerous conditions climate scientists long warned of have become our common, if deeply
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    This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly

    Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the few places left to share them honestly Climate campaign 2026: help us reach 30,000 acts of support Well, there’s no getting around it now. What many of us once feared has become a reality. The dangerous conditions climate scientists long warned of have become our common, if deeply

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    934cf2e83be0...e0e3b2
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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Death or self-harm observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
  • publisher category Climate crisis rss-category
  • publisher category Environment rss-category
  • publisher category Media rss-category
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Capture ID
#1948
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
461,339 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt