Peak indifference: “extreme weather events” drive record US acceptance of climate change as an immediate problem Boing Boing

Jan 242019
 

Peak indifference is the moment at which a far-off problem becomes so obvious that the number of people alarmed about it begins to grow of its own accord; a new Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication survey finds that 46% of Americans believe that they are living through adverse effects from climate change right now (up 9% in a year) and 72% of Americans say…

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It is still 2 minutes to midnight Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recent issues

Jan 242019
 

A New Abnormal To: Leaders and citizens of the world Re: A new abnormal: It is still two minutes to midnight Date: January 24, 2019 Humanity now faces two simultaneous existential threats, either of which would be cause for extreme concern and immediate attention. These major threats—nuclear weapons and climate change—were exacerbated this past year by the increased use of information warfare to undermine democracy around the world, amplifying risk from these and other threats and putting…

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VIDEO: The Dramatic Scandal Swallowing the Bolsonaro Presidency and Which Just Drove an LGBT Congressman to Flee Brazil The Intercept

Jan 242019
 

A dramatic, multi-level and increasingly dark scandal has been engulfing the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro for the last month. It began just weeks after his stunning November victory but before he was inaugurated on January 1, and has completely paralyzed his presidency ever since. Just this week in Davos, which Brazil planned to unveil its new face to foreign capital, Bolsonaro and his top ministers left a long-scheduled press conference empty to avoid answering questions…

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