Let’s Not Deify People, Even If They’re Awesome Activists Like Greta Thunberg

On this week’s EcoNews Report, with your regular panel:

• Greta Thunberg and the Children’s Climate Strike.
• Jonathan Franzen: Bad novelist, maybe halfway decent activist?
• Single-issue environmentalism versus ecological advocacy.
• The glorious destructive power of an enraged mother walrus.

LINKS:

• ”It’s Kids vs. The World in Landmark Climate Complaint,” Gizmodo, Sept. 23, 2019.
• ”What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped?,” New Yorker, Sept. 8, 2019.
• The Karuk Tribe’s Climate Adaptation Plan

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