Derrick Z. Jackson
Derrick Z. Jackson is a Union of Concerned Scientists fellow in climate and energy at the Center for Science and Democracy. A former columnist for The Boston Globe, he’s the co-author of “Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock.”
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Derrick Z. Jackson
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote that the Biden administration’s “climate fanaticism” needed a “whole-of-government unwinding.”
Last year was Earth’s warmest year on record, and this year is on track to be hotter still, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
It’s important to remember that the cold snap is, for many of us, just a moment of discomfort, while climate change is a long-term disaster.
A 2019 study found that the population of North America’s birds had dropped by 30%, or 2.9 billion birds, over the previous 50 years.
It would be easy to blame America’s inaction on loud right-wing climate deniers in Congress. But the media deserve blame, too.
