This is a lot of bad news here. Trump’s ignorance will cause major damage to our country.
The only good news:
Maybe more people finally understand that climate change is real when it affects them.
Climate change is driving animals farther up mountains. The ones whose homes don't stretch as high will eventually be "shit out of luck." A sobering report from @edyong209 https://t.co/373yuRcYvT
— Rachel Gutman (@rachgutman) October 29, 2018
The internet is NOT prepared for what's to come https://t.co/QnwMhNoIag pic.twitter.com/sEubudBRQm
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) October 28, 2018
World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause https://t.co/L5uNwm1Cmv
— Salon (@Salon) October 28, 2018
This essential @fivefifths piece draws a straight line between 3 of the most pressing concerns of our time: climate change, social inequality, and the threat of autocracy. https://t.co/hksrAXrCBa
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) October 24, 2018
Two farmers in Georgia, husband and wife, face a cotton crop ruined by Hurricane Michael, the third year of bad storms. Climate change, says the wife. No it wasn't, says the husband. At that point, the wife just shrugs: "House divided," she says. https://t.co/5bYRg5ewhm
— Kim Murphy (@kimmurphy) October 19, 2018
Yet more evidence that we need to act now on climate change. The only rational response is massive, global action. There are so many critical issues today, but this is the big one. https://t.co/11mUWfhwGg
— Daniel Ornstein (@danielornstein) October 20, 2018
“I always thought climate change was a bunch of nonsense, but now I really do think it is happening,” said White, a 65-year-old Trump supporter, as she and her young grandson watched workers haul away downed trees and other debris lining the streets https://t.co/xYxSIbkvpj
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) October 18, 2018
If true, it's sad this is what it takes for belief change to occur on climate. And personal experience is both not scalable (most places won't be hit by hurricanes) and not fast enough (most severe climate impacts come after we pass various dangerous thresholds of warming). https://t.co/pGj3wDddkh
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) October 18, 2018
Trump’s claim about climate scientists is ‘misleading and very damaging,’ weather group says
Fun fact: @JeffFlake has voted for every judge Trump has nominated, all of whom are devoted to ending environmental regulations. https://t.co/SXVpRdRFSr
— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) October 17, 2018
in other words, Trump and the Republican Party remain in denial about what the entire rest of the world considers not only a proven fact but also a crisis requiring immediate action https://t.co/S90RmVwSIN
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 15, 2018
Sad! 