But putting climate change ahead of all other issues could be risky, Stanford University psychologist Jon Krosnick said. He has helped lead national surveys of public opinions on climate change since 1995 that have found that most voters don’t make their ballot box decisions based on climate change alone. Krosnick’s surveys show that about 18 percent of voters are passionate about climate change, which means that “taking a stand on this issue is electorally very wise, but making this a signature issue is probably unwise.”
But not doing shit about this threat for so long could be risky, too. In the “not surviving” sense instead of the “not winning an upcoming election” sense.
Somehow I expect a data-driven site to talk about the data on the issues once in a while, instead of just the polls.
There used to be museum in Washington, DC that had a map that filled an entire wall. They populated the data using colors to indicate heat, similar to what you see on weather maps. It plays the sequence of the 20 and 21st century data out - it’s really scary. I looked to see if it was there anymore - it was near the Spy Museum I thought - but I can’t find it. I think they used to have the graphic online, too.
I saw that, but I haven’t read it yet, and I didn’t recognize the name of the source organization (UN Environment). It’s on my list for the weekend, and I hope it’s not as bad as it looks.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said at a news conference that monitors show the levels of contaminants in the air are safe and that the plume coming from the site in Deer Park, southeast of Houston, is reaching at least 4,000 feet and staying high enough that the air quality at ground level is safe.
Just to follow up: the authors of that report have issued a correction which says the situation in the Arctic is less dire than they first reported. AIUI, still bad, but not so bad, not so soon, and most importantly not locked in. We still have time to change course and reduce GHG emissions to avoid the worst effects should we – I don’t know – ever choose to do so.
I think the teachers were expecting to get “shot” (e.g. someone would be firing at them as they were trying to escape/hide/confront), but they weren’t expected to be executed.
The preferred method of justice in this country seems not to let things take their course, but to avoid trials all together. Plea deals for the powerless, immunity for the empowered.
