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Was coronavirus caused by climate change? No!

So does that mean climate change has nothing to do with the spread of viruses + diseases? No!

Global Weirding is back with two brand-new episodes that unpack climate change + the pandemic. Watch #1 here:
I heard coronavirus is cutting carbon emissions and air pollution. Isn't that good new for climate change? Sadly not as much as you'd think 😰

Global Weirding is back with two brand-new episodes that unpack climate change + the pandemic. Watch #2 here:
And don't miss the two special episodes from our @PBSDS sister show, It's Okay to be Smart with @DrJoeHanson! The first episode explains how and why slowing the curve is so important in fighting the coronavirus pandemic:
And the second special episode of It's Okay to be Smart with @DrJoeHanson explains why soap really does make a difference in the fight against COVID-19:
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Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
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I'm sadly not surprised at all by this fact - but I am shocked that I'd never heard it before. This is why we need system-wide change, people. Individual actions are woefully insufficient to fix the problem. (short thread) h/t @meehancrist Source: nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opi…
I get it-climate change is scary. We feel like we have some sort of control over it when we make a choice to not fly, not have a child, not eat animal products. And certainly those can reduce carbon emissions. But they address only a fraction of the issue.
As @MaryHeglar says, environmental guilt isn't going to fix the problem. vox.com/the-highlight/…
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Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
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One of the most frequent questions I'm asked is, "what gives you hope?" and my first answer is, not the science. Nearly every new study shows things are changing faster or to a greater extent than we thought, and this one by @AndyShep_CPOM is no exception. usatoday.com/story/news/wor…
My second answer, is not the politics. Whether it's frustration with the status quo or the hope that candidate X will save us, the former doesn't give me any hope and the latter is doomed to disappoint as any one person only has limited ability to effect change.
Hope comes from people - from searching out and sharing stories of surprising and unexpected actors, from individuals to organizations - and from acting ourselves. As @GretaThunberg not only says but demonstrates, "no one is too small to make a difference."
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Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
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Returning via @DFWAirport from an abruptly truncated lecture series in the UK yesterday, I was expecting the worst after reading the online horror stories -- but from the door of the arriving plane to the gate of our domestic connection took only 23 min. (cont'd)
The immigration hall that on Saturday had been packed wall-to-wall with hundreds of people had maybe a hundred in it, with empty machines and just a few minute's wait to see an officer. But the health screening was minimal ...
On the plane we were asked to complete this form stating if we'd been in China - nowhere else. Isn't that a little out of date?!
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Jamie Margolin
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Please stop celebrating the #coronavirus as some sort of blessing in disguise simply because pollution has gone down due to quarantines.

“The weak will die but it’s okay because it helps the climate” is not climate justice.

That is Ecofascism.
Ecofascism is a dangerous ideology that sees crises like #COVID19 that kill vulnerable people as good because in their minds it's "good for the planet when people die."

But "overpopulation" is not the problem here! Climate change was caused by corporations not "too many people."
The lifestyles of the richest 0.54% in the world — 42 million people — are emitting more greenhouse gas emissions than the poorest half of the global population —3.8 billion people.

"Humanity" isn't what caused the climate crisis.

Capitalism did.
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⚠️ THREAD: President @realDonaldTrump took decisive action from the beginning to protect Americans from the Chinese coronavirus.

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#Coronavirus updates:

• Death toll tops 4,000
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Here's what that means: aje.io/2hr4x
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Coronavirus Pep Talk! It’s hard to strike the balance between freaking out and under-reacting. It may help to remember a few things:

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.@DrTedros is reconvening the @WHO emergency panel on #coronavirus on Jan. 30 to determine if #PHEIC is needed for #2019nCoV / #nCoV2019
@DrTedros @WHO This is a week after @DrTedros & @WHO emergency committee said there was not enough evidence. Back then, there was 800+ cases of #2019nCoV / #nCoV2019 & 25 deaths. Now, there are over 6100 cases & more than 130 deaths
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