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MORNING MESSAGE
James Mumm
I listen to a lot of very heavy Doom Metal music. Let me tell you – it feels a lot more hopeful than what our most insightful climate writers have to say right now: Their mood is grim, folks. They fear the game of life is up. But there is one thing that unites these apostles of doom: it's that no one is coming to save you. Or your kids and grandkids. Or the planet. We are the generation that must save ourselves and our world. That’s our climate emergency, in a nutshell. And that is actually the good news - now for the bad news. Starting in the 1970s a corporate-conservative Radical Right conspiracy captured government and has stymied public efforts to address the climate emergency in the United States. Yes, the really, really bad news is that the crisis we are in was preventable. We had the science, and enough time to address the crisis. But the Radical Right’s seizure of power prevented action then, and they continue to push us to the brink of extinction. Surveying this landscape, one can easily feel crushed by despair. Or, you can feel energized by the responsibility our generation has to get this right.
James Mumm is campaigns director for Greenpeace USA, and was formerly the chief innovation officer for People’s Action. To read the full text of his two-part article, click here.
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