WRITTEN BY LINNEA LUEKEN AND H. STERLING BURNETT ON FEB 14, 2024. POSTED IN NEWS AND OPINION
No, Climate Change Isn’t Making It Unsafe For Kids To Play Outside
A recent article at The Hill claims that climate change is reversing the multi-decade trend of improving air quality in the United States, due to increased PM2.5 from wildfires and ozone from heatwaves, making it unsafe for children to play outside.
This is false, air quality is improving, and the suggestion that kids should avoid outdoor play is hazardous to their health. [emphasis, links added]
The article, “Climate change is making it more dangerous for kids to play outside, report finds,” covers a study published by a “climate analytics” firm called First Street Foundation.
To be clear, First Street is a strictly climate alarmist nonprofit group, that often publishes studies meant to frighten the public. Their predictions are based on climate modeling and tend to ignore publicly available weather data making their projections seem unlikely to occur in real life.
This kind of work should be taken with a grain of salt.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/no-climate-change-isnt-making-it-unsafe-for-kids-to-play-outside/
