Thread by @EndClimtSilence

Over the past 30 days, @ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC and @CNN have done 95 segments on the #AustraliaFires, which have killed 17 people and 500 million animals so far.

Only two of those segments mentioned #ClimateChange.

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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN On the 29th, @GarrettHaake interviewed @KendraWrites on @MSNBC's morning show about the links between Australia's bushfires & climate.

It was a great segment; Haake asked excellent questions and Pierre-Louis gave clear, compelling answers.

Too bad it was a total outlier.

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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN @GarrettHaake @KendraWrites And then on the 31st, @CBSEveningNews patched in a segment on the fires from their Aussie affiliate, which mentioned only in passing that Morrison has been "criticized for his lack of action on climate change."

No explanation for the link between climate and fire. Zero.

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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN @GarrettHaake @KendraWrites But there IS a link between #GlobalHeating & the strength and size of the #AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES.

Here Prof @MichaelEMann explains the link in one paragraph.👇

(theguardian.com/commentisfree/…)

This kind of explanation should be included in every report on the fires. Every last one.

@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN @GarrettHaake @KendraWrites @MichaelEMann And @MichaelEMann takes the further, necessary step of pointing out that our fossil fuel use is causing climate change, leading to apocalyptic conditions in an area twice the size of Vermont.

This is only the beginning if we don't transition to a safe energy system now.

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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN @GarrettHaake @KendraWrites @MichaelEMann And here is Kevin Trenberth, lead @IPCC_CH author, giving a more detailed explanation of the link between global heating and more intense and deadly wildfires.



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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN @GarrettHaake @KendraWrites @MichaelEMann @IPCC_CH .@CBSEveningNews @MSNBC Thank you, but you need to do more.

@ABCWorldNews @NBCNightlyNews @CNN It is unconscionable that you haven't reported that what's happening in Australia is a signal of the #ClimateEmergency.

This is beyond politics. Climate change threatens us all.

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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN @GarrettHaake @KendraWrites @MichaelEMann @IPCC_CH .@GretaThunberg is 100% right to say this is not party politics or opinions, but an existential emergency.

You must start treating it as such.

https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1211233771497889792?s=20

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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN @GarrettHaake @KendraWrites @MichaelEMann @IPCC_CH @GretaThunberg As Thunberg says👇

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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN @GarrettHaake @KendraWrites @MichaelEMann @IPCC_CH @GretaThunberg .@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN

People just don't know that their word is being irrevocably destroyed around them, but it could be different.

And that is your fault.

You must #EndClimateSilence

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