Little Putin's lack of respect for the facts is pathologically dangerous. If we don't tell people about COVID, they won't get sick. If we don't tell them about climate change, wildfires won't break out. If we don't tell them we just tanked the stock market, they won't notice that their 401ks are empty. If we don't tell them about the coup we're enacting, they'll think they still have free speech. We just go on Fox News (which acknowledges it is just entertainment and can't be trusted when it is cornered) and drop a bunch of lies and alternative facts and distractions. Hard to believe Americans fall for this unless you realize that most Americans only read at about a 10-year old level.
Actively undermining climate mitigation efforts, blocking decarbonizing our economy and dismantling critical climate indicators drives my anxiety as an adult, and Trump's tariff taxes, destroying democratic checks and balances and shipping citizens to foreign gulags do not calm those anxieties. This puts Orwellian newspeak to shame.
This isn’t about “protecting kids.” It’s about protecting power. 🛑
Let’s be real—climate anxiety isn’t caused by education. It’s caused by inaction. 🌍🔥
And when those in charge defund research under the guise of “emotional harm,” what they’re really doing is silencing the next generation of truth-tellers and change-makers.
They’re not afraid of scary data. They’re afraid of informed, activated youth. 🧠✊
They’re afraid of accountability.
They’re afraid the kids will fight back—and win.
As someone who holds privilege and power, allyship means I don’t stay silent.
I stand up. I speak up. I show up. 💥
And I back the folks already leading this movement—like Anne Therese Gennari, who teaches climate optimism without denial, and Susie Hicks (The Climate Chick), who turns eco-anxiety into empowered action. 🌱💪
This is not the time to quiet kids. This is the time to amplify truth.
The kids aren’t the problem.
The inaction is. ❗
🧡 Allyship = courage over comfort. Every damn time.
Trump's out here literally trying to argue that, re climate change, ignorance is bliss. I mean, you can try to ignore a gaping wound all you want. Assuming you don't bleed out or go into shock, it's eventually going to fester.
Obviously it is just bullshit reasoning the Trump admin came up with, but what is ironic that at least for me, reading studies or informing myself about climate change does greatly reduce my climate anxiety. Even if governments are slow to act or not enough is being done, just thinking of climate change in terms of a problem that is solvable, which research and climate science shows, helps my anxiety. And of course HEATED helps immensely as well.
"Overall 62 percent of these so-called climate voters are women, compared to 37 percent of men. The gender gap is largest among young people"
Nice to see that the three year old gets it. Solution = Renewables. OK, not all but a big, big part.
I was confused about why Princeton because when I think about Princeton and "climate," I think Jesse Jenkins and the Princeton ZERO Lab (Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory). They model nationwide GHG reductions strategies. Perhaps a little techno-optimistic, particularly on the acceptability of 1000s of miles of new transmission lines, for some here, but climate anxiety reducing if you think significant parts of what they propose could happen.
I'd say it's not politicians not doing anything, it's politicians actively opposing and undoing climate solutions in response to apparently quite a few fired up constituents. An hour from Princeton at the Jersey Shore where Yuge, Beautiful, offshore wind is getting killed.
I'm not sure how to regain the political momentum for these projects or 1000s of other renewable projects under attack nationwide. The opponents seem to have generated their own over-the-top levels of "anxiety," about everything from EMFs to wildlife and food supplies and of course the horrors of "intermittent" electricity. I see a lot of folks with climate anxiety who get roped in by these anxieties and who end up completely flummoxed.
Anyone who knows Trump by now, knows that he only cares about the money and the power it gives him. This is all a smokescreen to force the universities to kneel to him. The same way he is trying to force the law firms. Trump is going after absolute obedience across the country. Nothing else matters.
The best thing we can all do is stand up to the bully, stand behind the universities and scientists and fight this as best as we can and hope we can last long enough to see a change in the government, whether it's in 2026 or 2028. Hopefully in 2026.
When the storm season kicks in in earnest later this year, things will get even more chaotic as he has eliminated most of the protections and government systems to deal with the aftermath. People are already angry. This will make things much worse for the MAGA party.
The lying liars are using the fears of children as an excuse for not discussing climate change. Similar to the way they are using anti-Semitism as an excuse for attacking colleges, students, and publications. Neither children nor Jews will put up with this trumpery fakery.
Hi Emily - have you done any reporting on either the SEC's 2022 Climate Related Disclosure Proposal, or the FTC's proposed amendments to their (ugh looks like most recent 2012) "Environmental Marketing Claims Green Guide"? Has there been an actual update since then to the FTC guide? I'm not finding one on their website - but perhaps it was removed recently by the current DT admin? Would love to know more about the status of these. Thank you for your work!
Little Putin's lack of respect for the facts is pathologically dangerous. If we don't tell people about COVID, they won't get sick. If we don't tell them about climate change, wildfires won't break out. If we don't tell them we just tanked the stock market, they won't notice that their 401ks are empty. If we don't tell them about the coup we're enacting, they'll think they still have free speech. We just go on Fox News (which acknowledges it is just entertainment and can't be trusted when it is cornered) and drop a bunch of lies and alternative facts and distractions. Hard to believe Americans fall for this unless you realize that most Americans only read at about a 10-year old level.
Actively undermining climate mitigation efforts, blocking decarbonizing our economy and dismantling critical climate indicators drives my anxiety as an adult, and Trump's tariff taxes, destroying democratic checks and balances and shipping citizens to foreign gulags do not calm those anxieties. This puts Orwellian newspeak to shame.
This isn’t about “protecting kids.” It’s about protecting power. 🛑
Let’s be real—climate anxiety isn’t caused by education. It’s caused by inaction. 🌍🔥
And when those in charge defund research under the guise of “emotional harm,” what they’re really doing is silencing the next generation of truth-tellers and change-makers.
They’re not afraid of scary data. They’re afraid of informed, activated youth. 🧠✊
They’re afraid of accountability.
They’re afraid the kids will fight back—and win.
As someone who holds privilege and power, allyship means I don’t stay silent.
I stand up. I speak up. I show up. 💥
And I back the folks already leading this movement—like Anne Therese Gennari, who teaches climate optimism without denial, and Susie Hicks (The Climate Chick), who turns eco-anxiety into empowered action. 🌱💪
This is not the time to quiet kids. This is the time to amplify truth.
The kids aren’t the problem.
The inaction is. ❗
🧡 Allyship = courage over comfort. Every damn time.
Trump's out here literally trying to argue that, re climate change, ignorance is bliss. I mean, you can try to ignore a gaping wound all you want. Assuming you don't bleed out or go into shock, it's eventually going to fester.
Obviously it is just bullshit reasoning the Trump admin came up with, but what is ironic that at least for me, reading studies or informing myself about climate change does greatly reduce my climate anxiety. Even if governments are slow to act or not enough is being done, just thinking of climate change in terms of a problem that is solvable, which research and climate science shows, helps my anxiety. And of course HEATED helps immensely as well.
"Overall 62 percent of these so-called climate voters are women, compared to 37 percent of men. The gender gap is largest among young people"
Well that absolutely sucks with young men.
Yet another fabulous article, thank you.
Nice to see that the three year old gets it. Solution = Renewables. OK, not all but a big, big part.
I was confused about why Princeton because when I think about Princeton and "climate," I think Jesse Jenkins and the Princeton ZERO Lab (Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory). They model nationwide GHG reductions strategies. Perhaps a little techno-optimistic, particularly on the acceptability of 1000s of miles of new transmission lines, for some here, but climate anxiety reducing if you think significant parts of what they propose could happen.
I'd say it's not politicians not doing anything, it's politicians actively opposing and undoing climate solutions in response to apparently quite a few fired up constituents. An hour from Princeton at the Jersey Shore where Yuge, Beautiful, offshore wind is getting killed.
I'm not sure how to regain the political momentum for these projects or 1000s of other renewable projects under attack nationwide. The opponents seem to have generated their own over-the-top levels of "anxiety," about everything from EMFs to wildlife and food supplies and of course the horrors of "intermittent" electricity. I see a lot of folks with climate anxiety who get roped in by these anxieties and who end up completely flummoxed.
Anyone who knows Trump by now, knows that he only cares about the money and the power it gives him. This is all a smokescreen to force the universities to kneel to him. The same way he is trying to force the law firms. Trump is going after absolute obedience across the country. Nothing else matters.
The best thing we can all do is stand up to the bully, stand behind the universities and scientists and fight this as best as we can and hope we can last long enough to see a change in the government, whether it's in 2026 or 2028. Hopefully in 2026.
When the storm season kicks in in earnest later this year, things will get even more chaotic as he has eliminated most of the protections and government systems to deal with the aftermath. People are already angry. This will make things much worse for the MAGA party.
The lying liars are using the fears of children as an excuse for not discussing climate change. Similar to the way they are using anti-Semitism as an excuse for attacking colleges, students, and publications. Neither children nor Jews will put up with this trumpery fakery.
I wish climate anxiety was more transmissible. It seems to be stubbornly in check.
Hi Emily - have you done any reporting on either the SEC's 2022 Climate Related Disclosure Proposal, or the FTC's proposed amendments to their (ugh looks like most recent 2012) "Environmental Marketing Claims Green Guide"? Has there been an actual update since then to the FTC guide? I'm not finding one on their website - but perhaps it was removed recently by the current DT admin? Would love to know more about the status of these. Thank you for your work!