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This is not merely the latest @AOC Viral Clip, nor would I think she'd want it to be. It is a clarion call. The Midwest is flooding right now, as is Mozambique. Climate change is ending American lives right now, and many more all around the world. Wake up.
Cyclone Idai submerged 835 square miles of homes in Mozambique. That would more than cover Boston, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C. combined, per @EricHolthaus. After Mozambique requested help, Trump waited three days to say he’d provide it. buff.ly/2uskiI4
Cyclone Idai’s death toll is catastrophic. At least 700 in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe—and now @guardian reports diagnoses of the first cases of cholera amidst the squalid conditions after the storm. Yes, these are also the costs of climate change. theguardian.com/global-develop…
Here is @antonioguterres, the Secretary-General of the @UN, connecting Cyclone Idai’s severity to climate change, as any world leader making a damn bit of sense should be doing in the wake of such a storm.
This op-ed by @LeighElston—who covers energy in the part of Africa hit by Cyclone Idai—is essential. Big Energy money may help, but will it truly aid the neediest? And will these companies be held accountable for their role in exacerbating climate change? nyti.ms/2FAPXxB
“Natural disaster” doesn’t aptly describe something like Cyclone Idai. It is more like a negligent act of genocide, inflicted by the governments and corporations that have exacerbated the climate crisis—only to watch as the world’s poorest suffer the most. buff.ly/2Y9fQf6
