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Getting Our Story Straight: Honestly Framing the Climate Crisis
2015-06-20 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthout: As a lifelong eco-activist, I always thought it was a critical mistake to name the crisis caused by excessive carbon emissions into the atmosphere "Global Warming." It made it sound like it was about the weather, when in reality it is about the end of life as we humans have always known it. I was somewhat encouraged when the term "Climate Change" entered the conversation, because at least it is a more accurate scientific term for what is happening. But as Per Epsen Stoknes points out in his new...
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