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Related: About this forum'The parallels between coronavirus and climate crisis are obvious'
Environmental journalist Emily Atkin hopes public pressure over the pandemic will be a model for forcing governments to actIm sorry, says Emily Atkin, not sounding very apologetic, but if you still refuse to see parallels between climate change and coronavirus then honestly youre just stupid.
A few weeks ago, the 30-year-old journalist wasnt feeling so confrontational. Less was known about the global pandemic; the data and scientific research showing how the two global crises are linked was not as clear is it is today. But the connections quickly became obvious to Atkin, founder of the climate newsletter and podcast Heated. Both are global crises which threaten millions of lives with clear science on how to solve them which governments have been too slow to act on; the same people who promote climate denial are refusing to accept the science of coronavirus, too.
Coronavirus makes climate change worse, and vice versa, Atkin says from isolation in her apartment. We cant do our research on climate because of it, weve had to cancel the UN climate summit for international negotiations. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has loosened existing emission regulations during the pandemic, yet studies are already finding that death rates are significantly higher in areas with worse air pollution levels. The destruction of biodiversity makes pandemics more likely. And just like with the impact of global heating, , the coronavirus is hitting black, brown and poor people the worst.
The two things are so connected, Atkin repeats, that its stupid to say theyre not.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/04/parallels-climate-coronavirus-obvious-emily-atkin-pandemic
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'The parallels between coronavirus and climate crisis are obvious' (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
May 2020
OP
And yet gas prices - at least around here - are the lowest that they've been for years
Rhiannon12866
May 2020
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FirstLight
(13,356 posts)1. + a MILLION!
As much as I fear this epidemic hurting family, friends, even myself...I know that population overload is part of mother nature's plan to get back to "normal"
Rhiannon12866
(204,779 posts)2. Thanks!
I agree that these are the two biggest threats we're facing right now - and that they're related.
FirstLight
(13,356 posts)3. Well, it says something when
Oil has gone negative...
We do not need to run the world on consumerism and fossil fuels, but the oligarchs think they still have some control...
Mother Nature may get the last laugh after all 🥺
Rhiannon12866
(204,779 posts)4. And yet gas prices - at least around here - are the lowest that they've been for years
But nobody's buying gas since no one's going anywhere!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)5. This!👆
Well stated, FL! 👍