Great walls of fire: America’s west coast burns
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 11 September 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | News of the global climate crisis can leave us feeling helpless. |
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| 0:15.8 | Did you know global efforts to repair the ozone layer are on cost to succeed according |
| 0:20.4 | to the UN? |
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| 0:26.6 | much of the world by 2040. |
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| 0:36.6 | Just search Power Up for Change in your podcasting app. |
| 0:40.4 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:50.2 | I'm your host Jason Palmer. |
| 0:52.6 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:00.2 | Misinformation abounds these days, but perhaps the most pernicious and dangerous falsehood |
| 1:06.0 | is that vaccines pose a widespread risk. |
| 1:09.4 | As the most hoped for vaccine in history, we look at the roots and the new blossoms of |
| 1:15.6 | the anti-vaxxer movement. |
| 1:19.1 | And when you think of biker gangs, you probably think of wide open American roads, long handlebars |
| 1:24.8 | and long handlebar mustaches. |
| 1:27.2 | But the biker gang scene has long been established in northern Europe, and lately things are getting |
| 1:32.6 | ugly. |
| 1:34.2 | But first. |
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