Activist Apologizes for 'Climate Scare'

On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare - Michael Shellenberger June 29, 2020: . https://ift.tt/3id6Cs1 . Well-known climate activist Michael Shellenberger has issued a public apology for the unfounded panic caused by environmentalists over the fabricated horrors of global warming. Writing for Forbes Monday, Mr. Shellenberger - a Time magazine Hero of the Environment and winner of the 2008 Green Book Award - said that on behalf of environmentalists everywhere, "I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years." . . https://ift.tt/38iSJ79 Mr. Shellenberger proceeds to deny 12 climate myths that have been drummed into the modern psyche, but which have no basis in scientific fact. * Here are some facts few people know: * Humans are not causing a "sixth mass extinction" * The Amazon is not "the lungs of the world" * Climate change is not making natural disasters worse * Fires have declined 25% around the world since 2003 * The amount of land we use for meat - humankind's biggest use of land - has declined by an area nearly as large as Alaska * The build-up of wood fuel and more houses near forests, not climate change, explain why there are more, and more dangerous, fires in Australia and California * Carbon emissions are declining in most rich nations and have been declining in Britain, Germany, and France since the mid-1970s * Netherlands became rich not poor while adapting to life below sea level * We produce 25% more food than we need and food surpluses will continue to rise as the world gets hotter * Habitat loss and the direct killing of wild animals are bigger threats to species than climate change * Wood fuel is far worse for people and wildlife than fossil fuels * Preventing future pandemics requires more not less "industrial" agriculture . . Read More: https://ift.tt/3id6Cs1

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