Environmental alarmism
Climate alarmism is a common trait exhibited by liberals, who greatly exaggerate perceived existential threats posed by the gradual changing of Earth's climate. Many predictions of environmental catastrophe because of climate change have been wrong.[1] Climate alarmists also advocate for spending massive sums of money for the environment, with one prominent U.S. representative claiming that an effective climate plan would cost at least $10 trillion.[2] By creating fear, climate alarmists are better able to advance their left-wing political agenda.[3]
Among other examples of the factual inaccuracy of their alarmism,[4] climate alarmists have invested in low-level islands despite claims that those islands will soon be underwater.[5]
Marc Morano of CNSNews.com wrote:
- According to Lindzen, climate "alarmists" have been trying to push the idea that there is scientific consensus on dire climate change.[6]
The Daily Telegraph, of London, wrote:
- In the late 1960s, eco-evangelists such as the best selling author Paul Ehrlich stated: "In the 1970s and 1980s, hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite any crash programs embarked on now ... Before 1985, mankind will enter a stage of scarcity in which accessible supplies of many kinds of minerals will be nearing depletion." [7]
Amy Ridenour wrote:
- Environmental alarmists, as an article of faith, peddle the notion that climate change is, as Greenpeace put it, "the biggest environmental threat facing...developing countries." For one, such thinking runs contrary to the public declaration of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development-a program sponsored by the United Nations-which found that poverty is the number one threat facing developing countries.[8]
By 2019, voters were increasingly rejecting radical climate alarmist policies.[9]
In 2020, it was reported that therapists could provide a safe space for woke individuals that were suffering from their acute environmental alarmist concerns. This was to help those individuals develop coping skills meant to manage the emotional distress related to persistent climate change worries. The terms "eco-anxiety," "climate change distress," "eco-trauma," "eco-angst" and "ecological grief" were coined to acknowledge that hyper climate change alarmist concerns often included symptoms beyond those of other sources of anxiety. Potential symptoms could include: obsessive thoughts about the climate, anger or frustration toward people who don’t acknowledge climate change, fatalistic thinking, anxiety or panic, existential dread, feelings of depression, guilt or shame related to ones own carbon footprint, grief and sadness over the perceived loss of natural environments or wildlife populations.[10]
External links
- Meteorologist Likens Fear of Global Warming to 'Religious Belief'
- 'Green' website tells when you should die Calculator reveals when your share of Earth's resources fully consumed.
- Video of Earth First group weeping at dead trees
- Propaganda Video - Polar Bear Scare Unmasked: The Saga of a Toppled Global Warming Icon
References
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Lott, Maxim (March 19, 2019). 10 times 'experts' predicted the world would end by now. Fox News. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- Notable & Quotable: The Art of Climate Science. The Wall Street Journal. March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- Lott, Maxim (May 28, 2019). Five most over-the-top climate warnings. Fox News. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- Dorman, Sam (September 18, 2019). Doomsdays that didn’t happen: Think tank compiles decades’ worth of dire climate predictions. Fox News. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- Tennant, Michael (September 19, 2019). Worried About Global Warming? Consider These Failed Doomsday Forecasts. The New American. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- Nolte, John (September 20, 2019). Nolte: Climate ‘Experts’ Are 0-41 with Their Doomsday Predictions. Breitbart News. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- Svab, Petr (September 25, 2019). Dozens of Failed Climate Predictions Stretch 80 Years Back. The Epoch Times. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- Ebell, Myron; Milloy, Steven J. (September 18, 2019). Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions. Competitive Enterprise Institute. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- Nolte, John (January 3, 2020). Nolte: Department of Defense Predicted Climate Change Would Destroy Us by 2020. Breitbart News. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- Chasmar, Jessica (January 8, 2020). Glacier National Park to replace signs saying glaciers would be gone by 2020. The Washington Times. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- Tennant, Michael (January 9, 2020). Glacier National Park Changes Signs Saying Glaciers Would Be Gone by 2020. The New American. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- Lifson, Thomas (March 8, 2019). Shhhh! Nobody tell Ocasio-Cortez scientists are skeptical of global warming. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- Rahn, Richard W. (September 23, 2019). The false prophets of climate doom. The Washington Times. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- Williams, Walter E. (October 9, 2019). Idiotic Environmental Predictions. The New American. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ↑ Elis, Niv (June 5, 2019). Ocasio-Cortez: $10 trillion needed for effective climate plan. The Hill. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Murphy, James (June 12, 2019). Climate Change Science and Politics: It’s All About Creating Fear. The New American. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Murphy, James (December 24, 2020). Sea Level Scare Debunked: Study Shows Overall Growth of Low-lying Maldives Islands. The New American. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- Duke, Selwyn (December 30, 2020). Study: Massive Earthquakes Are the Real Cause of “Arctic Warming”. The New American. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ↑ Murphy, James (November 23, 2020). Despite Dire Predictions of Sea Level Rise, Maldives Is Investing in Its Future. The New American. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ↑ http://www.cdfe.org/global_warming_religion.htm
- ↑ http://www.cdfe.org/London_telegraph.htm
- ↑ http://www.nationalcenter.org/TSR72903.html
- ↑ Burnett, H. Sterling (May 18, 2019). Around the world, backlash against expensive climate-change policies. Washington Examiner. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
- ↑ Crystal Raypole | healthline, Climate Change Taking a Toll on Your Mental Health? How to Cope With ‘Eco-Anxiety’, https://www.healthline.com/health/eco-anxiety, September 22, 2020
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