Alarm Over Alarmists On the Climate Crisis
It is well known that Climate Change has become a political football, rather than an universally acknowledged reality.
However, earth is not an abstract football, but an actual warming planet that we should all be attending to.
Some people raise the “alarm” about climate “alarmists.” Their concern is that all this talk of extinction and storms is hysterical. We should be, in some estimations, putting forward solutions about real problems like a living wage, healthcare, corruption, or any number of genuine concerns.
Another concern they have is that it’s all doom talk. It is scaring our children. It is provoking anxiety. It is causing mental illness. It is distracting us from pressing issues. Is it?
Many of us would argue of course, that things like impeachment investigations and gun violence are a greater distraction, however, let’s examine the points that anti-alarmists are trying to make.
Their primary point is that environmentalists are fear-mongering. Let’s ignore (for a moment) that saying our children are being brainwashed and emotionally damaged is also fear-mongering.
Let’s look at the facts about what proponents of clean energy, a green new deal, healthier food, a cleaner environment, energy independence and security, and protected…