Climate Memo Mondays #68,

 

68.  Climate Memo Mondays, #68, March 28, 2022.

Nuclear War and Winter

Michael Klare, Rising Temperatures and Nuclear War

Investigative Reporters and Editors on Reporting Climate (and Nuclear) Truths

 

Nuclear war

Everybody should see this.  Please forward it to everybody you can think of. 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7hOpT0lPGI      Peace - Art

 

The following about temperature and nuclear war is good news in the sense that telling the truth about terrible prospects makes the public and politicians aware and better able to resist.   And the convergence of climate calamity and nuclear war is the most fearful of futures.

 Michael T. KlareTwitter.   “How Rising Temperatures Increase the Likelihood of Nuclear War.   JANUARY 13, 2020.

As climate changes stress our human institutions, we are likely to face deadly conflicts over critical resources.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/nuclear-defense-climate-change/

 

Good News from Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE).  US journalism is waking up to climate:
Their magazine IRE Journal (First Quarter 2022) devoted eight articles to climate.  The editor, Madison Fleck Cook (“Editor’s Note”) wrote that “after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its report in August 2021 showing a “code red” scenario, it seemed like the opportune time for IRE to dive into investigations relating to climate change.” One of the articles reports on the New York Times climate desk investigation of racist redlining and climate.  You heard that: the NYT climate desk.   The last article, “Climate Change Is the Biggest Issue of Our Time” by Paola Rosa-Aquino, adds: “The onus is on journalists to cover it right.” Now IRE has resolved not only to continue to investigate the subject with a US focus in future issues but to add equal attention to potential US wars, particularly nuclear.   The possible convergence of war and warming is reaching critical awareness.