The US atmospheric chemist on why she doesn’t share the pessimism of most climate scientists, fixing the ozone layer, and why Jacques Cousteau is her hero

Sharing this here as I feel it’s relevant to the GE campaign.

The evidence suggests that in about three weeks, we’re going to give a landslide to the party promising the most radical green policies in this country’s history. Environmentalism is just about to win the argument in Britain, as long as we vote for it on the 4th of July. Don’t give in to cynicism and despair!

  • HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    toxic positivity that causes people to slack off or shift blame.

    To be fair, the general public, even the slack ones, do not deserve much blame. It should be much much easier to live plastic-free or fossil-free than it is. We’re all under financial pressure and nice-to-haves like eco-friendly purchases are naturally the first thing to go when your other choice is to choose between heating and eating. We need to target our blame thoughtfully.