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“When we've finally gotten serious about global warming, when the impacts are really hitting us and we're in a full worldwide scramble to minimize the damage, we should have war crimes trials for these bastards-some sort of climate Nuremberg.”

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David Roberts
David Roberts

David Roberts was a British painter renowned for his detailed depictions of landscapes in the Middle East and Asia. His works had a profound impact on Orientalist art of the mid-19th century. more

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