Isn't that a pithy title no? 
That's what Christine LeGrand of the IMF, says about the next generation of people on this planet in relationship to Climate Change. "Roasted, Toasted, Fried and Grilled" 
I shit you not!
This is an essay that I had originally posted at TOS, but I have cut it up, and have performed some editing (removed a few expletives, tried to fix some grammar lol) and sliced into several smaller, easily digestible "parts", this being part 1, of 5.
REALITY CHECK
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This is a clip from a Bell Labs film "The Unchained Goddess", produced by Frank Capra in 1958. Science for school kids, almost 60 years ago. Give it a watch, it's only a minute and a half.
I was surprised by some unexpected news from Oregon. Here is the headline from an article in Politicus USA: "21 Youth Win Historic Climate Ruling Against Fossil Fuel and the Government".
Over the last week or so, I’ve collected environmental news that may be of interest to the C99 community. It is my intention to post a diary like this fairly regularly but not necessarily weekly. You won’t find an analysis of the news here or in-depth coverage, I’ll leave that to other c99 writers and to you in the comments. You can just skim the headlines and summaries or click on the links to read the complete articles.
First thing . . . Thank you caucus99percent! It is so wonderful to find you. Someone posted a link at DKOS.
