The editorial boards are failing on climate

A lack of diversity and climate expertise within the Washington Post and New York Times editorial boards is making for dissonant, irresponsible opinion writing.

When a person holds two or more conflicting attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors, we often say they are experiencing cognitive dissonance. But I recently learned that description isn’t totally correct. Cognitive dissonance is not the phenomenon of simply holding conflicting beliefs. It’s the phenomenon of being uncomfortable because you hold conflicting bel…