From all the news of \u2018raging wildfires\u2019 \/ \u2018melting glaciers \/ \u2018increasingly extreme weather\u2019 \/ \u2018hottest month ever recorded,\u2019 it\u2019s no surprise how that morphs into news of \u2018climate anxiety\u2019 affecting youths ranging from children to young college students. Supposedly well-intentioned journalists then add articles to their repertoire about \u2018coping with the climate crisis.\u2019 On top of that, the Christian community is implored to act on the \u2018religious moral imperative to save the planet\u2019 from an evil, profit-seeking. planet-destroying fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n
Legacy news media reporters never question any of this, including clarion calls from environmentalists that the public must be educated about fossil fuel usage perilously heating the planet. That call is in the demands of the latest \u201cExxonKnew\u201d lawsuit, where Big Oil is being sued for causing the heat wave which supposedly killed a woman. The woman\u2019s daughter not only demands a damages award, but also for \u201ca public education campaign to rectify Defendants\u2019 decades of misinformation<\/em><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Regarding the need for public education, I agree completely . . . but entirely in the opposite direction.\u00a0 \u00a0Continue reading at –> https:\/\/cornwallalliance.org\/the-climate-crisis-vs-the-real-crisis-facing-americans-news-media-journalism-malfeasance\/<\/a><\/p>\n (Also subsequently reproduced at WattsUpWithThat on July 5th<\/a>, for which I am grateful on reaching an even larger reading audience)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From all the news of \u2018raging wildfires\u2019 \/ \u2018melting glaciers \/ \u2018increasingly extreme weather\u2019 \/ \u2018hottest month ever recorded,\u2019 it\u2019s no surprise how that morphs into news of \u2018climate anxiety\u2019 affecting youths ranging from children to young college students. Supposedly … Continue reading