Miguel Afonso Caetano on Nostr: "Media stories about the wildfires often don’t mention the role of climate change ...
"Media stories about the wildfires often don’t mention the role of climate change at all, and if they do, they do not mention that climate change is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. In other words, they don’t mention the basic facts I outline above: that this is a human-caused problem, not a mere act of God.
In response to these calamities, we need clarity. We need to help people understand what is happening to them and why. They’re going to be victimized by many more extreme weather events in the years to come, and there are no signs so far that as the effects worsen, we’re going to see our political leaders show any leadership. We have to show people how the interests of the fossil fuel industry have been put above the interests of the population at large, so that they understand the crisis is something being done to them by the powerful, not just something happening to them because life’s rough and God is capricious. Right now we’re in the worst possible situation, because the “drill baby drill” gang is taking over the federal government. That means we need many more climate activists, right now, who can conduct public education and organize people to resist having their future set on fire by a generation of politicians and corporate leaders who could not care less if their actions cause the world to burn.
We are facing a very challenging situation, because as the metaphorical comet hurtles toward the Earth, our media are doing an absolutely horrible job explaining root causes and giving an accurate understanding of what is unfolding."
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/yes-we-need-to-call-out-the-climate-criminals-right-now
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #ClimateDenial #Media #Journalism
In response to these calamities, we need clarity. We need to help people understand what is happening to them and why. They’re going to be victimized by many more extreme weather events in the years to come, and there are no signs so far that as the effects worsen, we’re going to see our political leaders show any leadership. We have to show people how the interests of the fossil fuel industry have been put above the interests of the population at large, so that they understand the crisis is something being done to them by the powerful, not just something happening to them because life’s rough and God is capricious. Right now we’re in the worst possible situation, because the “drill baby drill” gang is taking over the federal government. That means we need many more climate activists, right now, who can conduct public education and organize people to resist having their future set on fire by a generation of politicians and corporate leaders who could not care less if their actions cause the world to burn.
We are facing a very challenging situation, because as the metaphorical comet hurtles toward the Earth, our media are doing an absolutely horrible job explaining root causes and giving an accurate understanding of what is unfolding."
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/yes-we-need-to-call-out-the-climate-criminals-right-now
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #ClimateDenial #Media #Journalism