The current Whole Foods mentality where we pretend that flying less, being mindful about meat in our diet, and telling large areas of Asia and Africa to stay poor for the sake of the planet's health will solve climate change, is not a viable model for how to get out of this mess.
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This is the kind of climate coverage I find vexing. It's like constantly telling someone "get scared—you have incurable cancer!" instead of talking about what it means in practical terms, letting the patient know what to expect, and helping them learn to live in this new realitypic.twitter.com/4OpLbuh7tV
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Apocalyptic climate coverage is only going to encourage denialism and apathy, as well as a backlash once people notice that their lives go on pretty much as before in a warming world. We have a chance to get this right and channel people's alarm in a more constructive direction.
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Ha! These are the coldest hot takes for the rest of our lives.
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Cool, cool, cool.
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Because every year we need to do better
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