November. Is. Here. That means less than a week until Election Day. Less than 4 weeks until Thanksgiving. And less than 2 months until my birthday!
This week’s must read: In a very meta play, this week’s must read is a compilation of must reads… the 12 books, according to Yale Climate Connections, that you should read about climate change before the election, which of course features my book, Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics. These books “provide insights and analysis about climate politics and the policies that can lead to change” and deserve space on your bookshelf. “Even regular readers of this monthly column will be surprised by how far back the story told by environmental policy analyst Chelsea Henderson goes.”
Listen, I know you can’t read all 12 of these worthy books before Tuesday, but you could potential read Glacial and even if you can’t finish it by Election Day, you should pick up a copy, if you haven’t already. A debut author will be eternally grateful!
EcoRight Speaks, Season 9, Episode 11: Sherri Goodman, author of Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership & the Fight for Global Security
I love getting to feature another author and this week was particularly special because I have known Sherri Goodman for over 15 years and widely credit her with sparking the climate change interest of my old boss, Senator John Warner.
She talked to us about her recently published book, Threat Multiplier: Climate. Military Leadership & the Fight for Global Security.
Fun fact: Sherri coined the term threat multiplier as it pertains to the risk climate change poses to our national security.
Listen below!
Coming up next week, we talk to our own Bob Inglis about his experience at Congressman John Curtis’ Conservative Climate Summit in Utah a few weeks ago. Bob will also share snippets of conversations he recorded with fellow attendees.
ICYMI: Being a Green Conservative
Last week, we partnered with the UK’s Climate Majority Project to host the webinar: Being a Green Conservative.
How do we ally across political grounds? How can we constructively reflect on problems arising from the progressive left’s dominance of the climate conversation? We explored these questions and more with our own Bob Inglis and former UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd.
A recording of the event is here for those who missed it!
Misinformation about climate change harms those most in need
Mary Anna Mancuso’s lastest opinion piece in The Invading Sea explores the dangers of misinformation, particularly for people likely to be impacted or already impacted by natural disasters.
The politicization of climate change by politicians exacerbates the divide between scientific consensus and public opinion,” she writes. “By framing climate events as political conspiracies instead of natural phenomena intensified by human activity, they mislead their constituents and risk public safety.”
Short but sweet today as I’m under the weather this week. See you next Friday.