Fossil fuel burning was responsible 250 million years ago - Monbiot

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t now looks as if the greatest mass extinction on Earth – 250 million years ago – was caused by fossil fuel burning, according to Guardian columnist, George Monbiot.

George Monbiot.

In “A Prehistory of Violence” he writes, “ Do you want to know the real reason for the advances by Isis in Iraq and Syria? Changing lightbulbs in America. This is the explanation given by John McCain, Republican chair of the Senate armed services committee.

“At the weekend he blamed Barack Obama’s inability to magic away Islamic State on the president’s belief that climate change is “the biggest enemy we have”. Never mind the role of the Iraq war – which Mr McCain supported – in destabilising the region, destroying the Iraqi army and creating the opportunities Isis has exploited,” Monbiot wrote.