Truth Sandwich: There is no Planet B. A truism. But there are far too many people, most notably Mark Zuckerberg, bent on putting short-term profit ahead of the planet entire. Rein them in, and their corporate sponsors. We know the solutions, but too few know that we know, much less that we are putting them all into practice. Unless you follow this news religiously, like me and Meteor Blades and a few others around here, most of your information is probably ten years or more out of date.
Here, test yourself at Gapminder. I have to check myself on their quizzes from time to time. I still get stuff other than climate wrong.
But all is not lost. Even with this deliberate obfuscation, ignorance, and lying, more information than disinformation gets out into the world, and resistance to fixing Global Warming has been on the decline for decades.
Opponents of climate disinformation are growing rapidly stronger. This includes major advertisers and major finance and insurance companies.
COP26 Open Letter on Climate Disinformation Targets Tech Platforms
Signatories include leaders from sustainability organizations and major brand advertisers
COP26 agreement must promise crack down on climate misinformation, campaigners and companies say