Studies have shown between 30 to 50 trillion dollars an economic loss from climate change. It is more than the actual economy, because you can't really put a number on what these unforeseen disaster effects wil come on change. Western countries spend on their social in climate like its this is paltry. We just don't spend that much money comparatively of our g d p. And it's just fucking dismissed as a progressive wish list. Everyone not dying is not a wish list item.
In this News Brief, we recapped how, in the face of a once in a generation opportunity to relieve poverty and address curb climate change, US media largely gave us personality, Horse Race coverage, and defensive snark–– aiding conservatives efforts to winnow down the bill to a fraction of its original size.