Noam Chomsky And Robert Pollin Have A Blueprint To Overcome Climate Change
By KATHLEEN CREEDON & KIM JOHNSON • SEP 12, 2020
In the past three months, the U.S. has experienced a spate of extreme weather and experts say there's no doubt that human-induced climate change is to blame.
From wildfires, record-setting heat and widespread drought conditions to turbo-charged hurricanes and flooding, extreme weather events are increasing both in intensity and frequency.
The anxiety-provoking idea of an eventually uninhabitable world is compounded by fear and uncertainty caused by the country's pandemic-related fallout.
Scientists warn time is running out to take significant action -- a daunting task made more so by the ongoing economic crisis.
In their new book "Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal," Noam Chomsky and economist Robert Pollin assert that the transition to a green economy is necessary but will not bring on further economic disaster, as many assume.
That fear is misplaced, they write, and encourages climate denialism. In fact, climate change is an economic threat in and of itself.
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