Why Politicians won't address Climate Emergency
Channel: Cybersettler's vlog
Date: 2020-08-23

Today is Earth Overshoot day and we are reminded how politicians are dealing with climate change by looking at how they have handled COVID-19


Resources:


* Earth Overshoot Day https://www.overshootday.org
* After two years of school strikes, the world is still in a state of climate crisis denial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/19/climate-crisis-leaders-greta-thunberg
* Seven of Donald Trump's most misleading coronavirus claims https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/28/trump-coronavirus-misleading-claims
* Your analogy comparing coronavirus to car accident deaths is bad https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/24/your-analogy-comparing-coronavirus-car-accident-deaths-is-bad/
* Coronavirus: Johnson faces lockdown dilemma as scientists warn over grim data https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/25/boris-johnson-lockdown-dilemma-grim-virus-data
* Letter: Covid and car crash deaths are not comparable https://www.ft.com/content/016f28d2-eb09-4509-9b56-2ea0998d26ba
* Pedestrian Deaths Are Rising. One Big Reason? SUVs https://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-SUV-rise-pedestrian-deaths.html
* Criticism of sport utility vehicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_sport_utility_vehicles
* Air pollution linked to higher risk of young children developing asthma https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200819194252.htm
* The Analogy Between Covid-19 and Climate Change Is Eerily Precise https://www.wired.com/story/the-analogy-between-covid-19-and-climate-change-is-eerily-precise/
* Coronavirus Mimics Climate Politics: The Emerging Frame Of ‘The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/prakashdolsak/2020/03/26/coronavirus-mimics-climate-politics-the-emerging-frame-of-the-cure-is-worse-than-the-disease/#120afa0f43bc
* Trump Says Coronavirus Cure Cannot ‘Be Worse Than the Problem Itself’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-restrictions.html
* The Reason COVID-19 and Climate Seem So Similar: Disinformation https://drillednews.substack.com/p/the-reason-covid-19-and-climate-seem
* Human impact on wildlife to blame for spread of viruses, says study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/08/human-impact-on-wildlife-to-blame-for-spread-of-viruses-says-study-aoe
* Germany's Covid-19 expert: 'For many, I'm the evil guy crippling the economy' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/virologist-christian-drosten-germany-coronavirus-expert-interview
* Global firms expected to sue UK for coronavirus losses https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/aug/15/global-law-firms-expected-to-sue-uk-for-coronavirus-losses
* Behind the Beirut explosion lies the lawless world of international shipping  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/08/beirut-explosion-lawless-world-international-shipping-