by D. Harsanyl, July 16, 2025 in ClimateChangeDispatch
Climate alarmism hasn’t worked. Here’s why the public tuned it out.
The public awareness campaign to convince Americans that climate change is an existential threat has been an epic failure. [emphasis, links added]
In a recent segment, “Are Americans Afraid of Climate Change?” CNN’s Harry Enten incredulously noted that despite all “the bad weather” we’ve been seeing, only “40% of Americans are greatly worried about climate change. The same as in 2000!”
Why are climate activists losing?
Sooner or later, fearmongering becomes noise. Reality crashes against predictions.
Public schools, institutions of higher learning, governments, international organizations, the whole culture, and scientific institutions have spent billions and untold hours trying to normalize the idea that modernity and capitalistic gluttony have driven temperatures to dangerous extremes.
When I was growing up, it was cooling. Now, it’s warming. And with each surge of alarmism, the message depreciates.
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