Call, email, tweet. Let your local and national outlets know when they fail us all. CALL IT A "CLIMATE EMERGENCY" - HOLDING WARMING TO 1.5°C COULD LIMIT IRREVERSIBLE EFFECTS - EXTINCTIONS, ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE, LOSS OF HUMAN HABITAT, CROP DESTRUCTION - THAT WILL DISPLACE MILLIONS & LEAD TO FAMINE, WAR, & DEATH. ACTION IS NEEDED NOW. JOURNALISTS MUST CONVEY URGENCY SO WE CAN APPLY PRESSURE AND VOTE ACCORDINGLY. 2 THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED - MEDIA MUST EDUCATE AMERICANS THAT OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY IS HUMAN-CAUSED & GENERATING INCREASING EXTREME WEATHER - FIRES, FLOODS, DROUGHTS, SEA LEVEL RISE. 69% OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION BELIEVES IT'S A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, COMPARED TO ONLY 56% OF AMERICANS. CONVINCE AMERICANS THE SCIENCE IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. 3 DON'T SPREAD FOSSIL FUEL LIES - FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY PAYS CLIMATE DENIAL "SCIENTISTS," POLITICIANS & THINK TANKS SO THEY CAN BE QUOTED IN MEDIA SOWING DOUBT. MAKING FOSSIL FUEL PROPAGANDA LEGIT ("OTHER SCIENTISTS SAY") UNDERMINES URGENT ACTION NOW. EXPOSE FINANCIAL INTERESTS. COSTS OF INACTION - GLOBALLY, 1 IN 5 DEATHS ARE CAUSED BY FOSSIL FUELS. CLIMATE DISASTERS COST THE U.S. $17 BILLION/YR. REPORTS ON COSTS OF CLIMATE MITIGATION MUST INCLUDE THE MUCH HIGHER COSTS, TO AMERICAN'S FINANCIAL & NATIONAL SECURITY, OF TAKING NO ACTION. LINK EXTREME WEATHER TO ITS CLIMATE EMERGENCY CAUSE - EXTREME WEATHER CAUSES 5 MILLION DEATHS A YEAR GLOBALLY. NOT TYING WEATHER TO CLIMATE CONFUSES THE PUBLIC AND OBSCURES THE NEED FOR ACTION, E.G. REPLACE "100 YEAR FLOOD" WITH "CLIMATE EMERGENCY FLOOD." CLIMATE ACTION IS EQUITY - POC MAKE UP MORE THAN 1/2 THE RESIDENTS IN U.S. COUNTIES THAT EXPERIENCED AT LEAST 3 CLIMATE DISASTERS IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. THESE COUNTIES HAVE HIGHER PROPORTIONS OF POVERTY. REPORT OUTSIZED CLIMATE EMERGENCY IMPACTS ON POOR & MARGINALIZED 6 DEMANDS TO MAKE OF MEDIA When They Fail At Climate Emergency Coverage MediaAndDemocracyProject.org
@katharinehayhoe.com
We add: be an engaged consumer of news and information. Here’s our rubric to advocate for more accurate media coverage.
#FixMediaNow
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/climatecover...
