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2019-12-13 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

'Jury is out': Some climate hawks question whether Greta Thunberg phenomenon will help curb emissions

[Washington Examiner] Some climate change hawks are questioning whether the brand of outraged activism trademarked by new Time "Person of the Year" Greta Thunberg will prove effective in inspiring policy to curb emissions.
Magic 8-Ball says: "NO"
"I’m not sure that Time magazine elevating her further is helpful in achieving our shared goal of mitigating the most harmful effects of climate change," said Shane Skelton, who runs the consulting group S2C Pacific.

"I admire her passion and the lengths she’s gone to in promoting what is a very important cause," said Skelton, a former energy and climate policy aide to former House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he questioned whether Thunberg’s activism has produced "real-world impact."

If the point of activism is to generate attention to a cause, no one can deny Thunberg’s effectiveness, climate hawks say.

However, "translating moral outrage into policy and engineering is a long and uneven process," said Joseph Majkut, a climate scientist at the right-leaning Niskanen Center.

"I don’t have any qualms with Greta’s place in the climate debate," Majkut said. "She doesn’t mince words when she calls inaction on climate change a moral outrage. As for her influence on climate action, the jury is out."

Thunberg, the youngest person Time has picked for the yearly honor, acknowledged the relative lack of policy changes Wednesday morning, when she slammed world leaders at the United Nations climate conference in Madrid.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-13 02:40|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 ...climate hawks question whether Greta Phenomenon will help curb emissions.

Only if she remains silent and returns to school.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-13 02:45|| 2019-12-13 02:45|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Isn't she a special child?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-13 04:08|| 2019-12-13 04:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Curb her vocal emissions.

Posted by Lex 2019-12-13 06:56|| 2019-12-13 06:56|| Front Page Top

#4 You... you mean climate change will not reverse itself if we plaster her face onto buildings and chant her name before starting up our diesels ?

Posted by Dron66046 2019-12-13 06:59|| 2019-12-13 06:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Climate Hawks - die hard Marxist

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-13 07:04|| 2019-12-13 07:04|| Front Page Top

#6 when do we get to burn the new Joan D'Arc at the stake?

maybe these 'climate hawks' can arrange for her to be, er, sacrificed. To be done by a hetero-normative, anglo, toxic male, natch

Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2019-12-13 07:50|| 2019-12-13 07:50|| Front Page Top

#7 when do we get to burn the new Joan D'Arc at the stake?

I don't even wish ill on a marxist idiot, as long as they just go away. If St. Greta is martyred, it will probably be by another angry leftist who stews over the fact that they too are angry but are not getting any attention.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-13 11:23|| 2019-12-13 11:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Since Communism leads to environmental disaster and capitalism leads to the eventual clean-up of the environment perhaps the Climate Hawks should re-evaluate their prescriptions if they want to be taken seriously.

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-12-13 14:40|| 2019-12-13 14:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Lost street cred when she sold out to the man for Time Magazine. She's a corporate shill now.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-12-13 15:50|| 2019-12-13 15:50|| Front Page Top

#10 your 15 minutes are up

Posted by chris 2019-12-13 16:45|| 2019-12-13 16:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Michael Bloomberg wants to shut down coal by 2030 and start killing gas plants

Posted by Skidmark 2019-12-13 17:43|| 2019-12-13 17:43|| Front Page Top

#12 When Greta starts getting into the face of China, let me know. Until then she's not relevant.

Posted by Crusader 2019-12-13 19:35|| 2019-12-13 19:35|| Front Page Top

#13 Confucius say, "Sure, we like Greta,
Though couldn't care less about weather,
'Cos pills made from bile
Of a cute gweilo child
Guaranteed to make Chinese feel better!"

Posted by Angeatch the Tiny7188 2019-12-13 19:56|| 2019-12-13 19:56|| Front Page Top

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