Climate change: Meet the generation gap

[rangerrebew]

Climate change: Meet the generation gap

By Oliver Milman | November 5, 2020

 

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

The climate crisis lingers in the back of Gemma Gutierrez’s mind, a gnawing anxiety that blossoms fully when she reads about wildfires, flooding, or other climate-related disasters. It’s a nagging concern that clouds how the 16-year-old sees her future.

“I have a sense of dread,” says Gutierrez, who lives with her parents in Milwaukee. “I dread that in my lifetime the clean water I have now or the parks I’m lucky enough to be able to go to won’t be there any more. It weighs on my mind.”

https://thebulletin.org/2020/11/climate-change-meet-the-generation-gap/

[catfish1957]

When I was a little older than this dunce, this was what was being screamed at 100db. 

Wait another 40 years, and it'll be reversed again.