"It took constant demonstrations from ever larger groups like Extinction Rebellion, and led by young activists especially from the communities suffering the most, to ensure that politicians feared an angry electorate more than an angry carbon lobby." Or feared constant economic disruption. That's just it - the world is run by people who know the very worst effects of climate change will do little more than inconvenience them during their lifetimes. For those under the age of 30, not so much.
Read the whole essay here.
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Kristin Prevallet Author/Editor
I'm a writer & teacher in Lawrence, Kansas who actually believes the scientists. I wrote a book of poems called Of Some Sky that seems to have something to do with all this. |