CNN Perpetuates Destructive Climate Change Myth

CNN drew the ire of environmentalists Tuesday by focusing its discussion of climate change on what individuals can do—without addressing the influence of corporations’ greenhouse gas emissions.

Scared by that new report on climate change? Here’s what you can do to help:

• Eat less meat (about 30%)

• Swap your car or plane ride for a bus or train

• Use a smart thermostat in your home, and upgrade to more efficient appliances

More: https://t.co/m6JnG7mUsx pic.twitter.com/82rssjms0i

— CNN (@CNN) Oct. 9, 2018

Solutions such as vegetarianism, public transit and smart home appliances ultimately pale in comparison to the harm caused by fossil fuels. The cable news outlet borrowed its suggestions from a report published Monday by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report found the planet to be at risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages by 2030, and it listed a number of ways in which individuals could reduce their carbon footprint. But solving our climate crisis isn’t quite so simple.

reminder that 100 corporations are responsible for 71% of global greenhouse gas emissions and presenting the crisis as a moral failing on the part of individuals without noting this fact is journalistic malpractice. https://t.co/hzQ6o9yS7v

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) October 9, 2018

Scared by that new report on climate change? Here’s what you can do to help:

• Seize the state

• Bring the fossil fuel industry under public ownership, rapidly scale down production

• Fund a massive jobs program to decarbonize every sector of the economy https://t.co/ZZ7lmunfVW

— Kate Scare-onoff (@KateAronoff) October 9, 2018

I don’t eat meat.

I don’t drive.

I live in a 400 sqft apartment in a dense city.

I don’t run the a/c all day

I compost/recycle

I volunteer with habitat restoration.

I do these things and still know it’s not enough.

We have to kill fossil fuel and build a whole new system. https://t.co/0LPWM5iS3U

— kate wagner