While many (with reason) pay attention to the Republicans’ Supreme Court machinations, the climate emergency worsens.
While the media focuses discussions on horse races, rather than substance, Antarctic shelves are breaking up.
While the first Presidential debate doesn’t have a section related to climate change, California burns & Atlantic hurricanes have run out of names & …
Physical reality doesn’t bow to political reality — no matter the nightmarish and nearly unbelievably dystopian nature of America’s political reality — and climate’s physical reality is worsening with every passing second even as climate denialism continues.
This evening, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Professor Naomi Oreskes will take an hour to reflect on climate denialism in a Clean Energy For Biden event moderated by the Nancy Sutley, the former Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
Sen. Whitehouse has been one of the most serious climate hawks in the Senate. He has given speech after speech on the floor on a range of climate issues, introduced legislation, and spear-headed efforts to bring attention to — for example — the US Chamber of Commerce’s wrong-headed role in promoting climate science denialism.
Prof. Oreskes is one of the world’s leading historians on environmental issues and her book Merchants of Doubt remains a go-to reference and documentation of the systematic effort to create doubt as to climate change issues as a tool to undermine effective (or, well, any) climate mitigation efforts (that would, for example, threaten fossil fool business interests’ profits).
This should be a great discussion — please join in/register here (referral code: 102328013)
And, if you want Joe Biden to recognize that climate and clean energy matter to voters (to you as a voter), one way to signal this is to make your contributions (as I do) through events/activities/groups that relate to climate change and clean energy. If you want to signal while getting to hear from three top-notch voices on climate change science denial, then please join in/register here (referral code: 102328013).
Note: Clean Energy for Biden fundraising and GOTV events.