April 14, 2018 – David Buckel’s climate-inspired suicide

Eight years ago, on this day, April 14th, 2018, lawyer and environmental activist David Buckel burned himself to death in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park in what has been called the first self-immolation in the name of climate change.  The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was roughly 408ppm. As of 2026 it is 428ppm, but … Continue reading April 14, 2018 – David Buckel’s climate-inspired suicide