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Rangi Guy wrote:Full

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has recorded an essay about climate change for Pearl Jam's new album, Gigaton.

In the essay, which she recites over ambient music from the grunge band, Thunberg calls for "civil disobedience" and says "it is time to rebel".

"There are no grey areas when it comes to survival," she adds on the track, which will be released in March.

Thunberg, 16, has become one of the leading voices in the climate debate.

She rose to prominence in 2018 when she began skipping school to take part in protests.

The new track will not be a single in its own right - but will feature as the opening song on the band's album.

The music industry is still a major contributor to climate change. A report in the scientific journal The Conversation earlier this year suggested that, in the US alone, its greenhouse gas equivalents (GHGs) - a way of measuring emissions - has almost doubled since 1977.

Pearl Jam are about to embark on a world tour, and will play gigs in Italy, England, USA, France, Canada and Hungary in the coming months.

It is likely they will fly to many of those countries, despite air travel being a significant contributor to climate change.

Thunberg took a 32-hour train journey to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos last year, in order to avoid flying.

On the new track, Thunberg can be heard telling listeners: "We are right now at the beginning of a climate and ecological crisis. And we need to call it what it is: an emergency."

"Today we use about 100 million barrels of oil every single day," she continues. "There are no politics to change that. There are no rules to keep that oil in the ground, so we can no longer save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed, everything needs to change, and it has to start today."

The essay is direct in its message but short on actual practical measures which she thinks should be put in place.

She does, however, say: "The main solution is so simple that even a small child can understand it. We have to stop our emissions of greenhouse gasses."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49098434

ABNorman wrote:Does anybody know if Pearl Jam digital downloads tend to come with liner notes? Don't really want more plastic/paper in my life, but I've checked my Lightning Bolt folder and it doesn't seem to include any pdf/images.