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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4283802" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/11/25/why-everything-they-say-about-climate-change-is-wrong/#b1b8b7d12d6a" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px">Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong</span></a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>Environmental journalists and advocates have in recent weeks made a number of apocalyptic predictions about the impact of climate change. Bill McKibben <a href="https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1198375629638586373?s=20" target="_blank">suggested</a> climate-driven fires in Australia had made koalas “functionally extinct.” Extinction Rebellion <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMtVCm5V7X4" target="_blank">said</a> “Billions will die” and “Life on Earth is dying.” <em>Vice</em> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwygg/the-collapse-of-civilization-may-have-already-begun" target="_blank">claimed</a> the “collapse of civilization may have already begun.” </p><p></p><p>Few have underscored the threat more than student climate activist Greta Thunberg and Green New Deal sponsor Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The latter<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/01/22/ocasio-cortez-climate-change-alarm/2642481002/" target="_blank"> said</a>, “The world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change.” <a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Too-Small-Make-Difference/dp/0141991747" target="_blank">Says</a> Thunberg in her new book, “Around 2030 we will be in a position to set off an irreversible chain reaction beyond human control that will lead to the end of our civilization as we know it.” </p><p></p><p>Journalists and activists alike have an obligation to describe environmental problems honestly and accurately, even if they fear doing so will reduce their news value or salience with the public. There is good evidence that the catastrophist framing of climate change is self-defeating because it alienates and <a href="https://oxfordre.com/climatescience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228620-e-306?rskey=8FqRAO&result=1" target="_blank">polarizes</a> many people. And exaggerating climate change risks distracting us from other important issues including ones we might have more near-term control over.</p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
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