Fireproof Snow And Other Problems
Our general acceptance of climate change as a shared reality is slipping away
An alert pings on my iPhone. I look over to learn that the Amazon rain forest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs. Sounds bad, I think. I turn back to my laptop screen to focus again on work, but I end up thinking instead about Sarah Miller, the author of one of the best pieces on climate change in recent years — the one about Miami.
When an editor asked her recently to write on climate change again, Miller wondered whether there was still any point. Even if someone — say, me, for example — were to read it and find it validating of their own fears, anxieties, or anger about climate change, “What then?,” Miller asked. “What would happen then? Would people be ‘more aware’ about climate change? It’s 109 degrees in Portland right now. It’s been over 130 degrees in Baghdad several times. What kind of awareness quotient are we looking for? What more about climate change does anyone need to know? What else is there to say?”
Here’s something. ”Later this year, Rupert Murdoch is set to debut Fox Weather, a 24-hour streaming channel that promises to do for seven-day forecasts what Fox has done for American politics, financial news and sports,” The New York Times reported this week. “Not to be outdone…
