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Bill Nye: Climate Change Denial Is 'Running Out of Steam,' Thanks To Millennials (mic.com)
An anonymous reader shares with us an article on Mic: Famed science educator Bill Nye has long been an outspoken critic of people who continue to doubt climate change, the main driver of freaky weather patterns, rising global temperatures and sea level rise around the globe. In an interview with Mic, Nye said that despite lingering skepticisms, there is nearly 100% scientific consensus that climate change is happening and is here to stay -- and people are becoming increasingly anxious about its effects on the planet, particularly younger generations. "Almost every person in denial about climate change is older," Nye said. "It's very hard to find a millennial-aged person that is not concerned about climate change. I think the climate denial movement is running out of steam, I guess that's a pun."
All of these things happen, and it's easy to find them all over the Internet:
- People saying the climate didn't change.
- People saying the climate does change, but it doesn't matter.
- People saying the climate does change, and it does matter, but it's not human's fault.
- People saying the climate does change, and it does matter, and it's (at least in part) human's fault, but we can't fix it.
- People saying the climate does change, and it does matter, and it's (at least in part) human's fault, and maybe we can fix it, but it's not worth it to try.
- People saying the climate does change, and it does matter, and it's (at least in part) human's fault, and maybe we can fix it, but it's actually a good thing.
I don't think anyone doubts climate change.
Ted Cruz does. He's arguing that the global temperature hasn't gone up in the last 2 decades, for example.