A Climate Disinformation Focus Takes Us the Wrong Way
The concept of “climate disinformation” does not lead us to genuine solutions for the problem of climate change — it leads us toward new risks.
Holly Buck is the author of After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration. Her latest book, Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough, will be published this November.
The concept of “climate disinformation” does not lead us to genuine solutions for the problem of climate change — it leads us toward new risks.
Much of the climate movement is now pouring its energies into combating disinformation. But this focus fails to address real concerns about a green transition and obscures what is needed to win the public over to effective climate action.
The Left needs a message on climate action that’s about giving more opportunities for working-class people rather than restricting individual behavior.
Too much global warming is already locked in. We need a radically utopian way of removing carbon from the atmosphere.