Julie Schwietert Collazo is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator currently in New York, formerly of Mexico City and San Juan. She is Matador's managing editor and is the lead faculty member of MatadorU's travel writing program.
I would really like for us to start using “Climate change” instead of “Global warming”, although it seems to be replacing it rather quickly. People are far too ignorant to understand that just because the weather in their area isn’t necessarily warmer, global “warming” isn’t really happening or actually real. I like this article, CNN has a carbon caculator calculating the amounts of emissions by airplanes from city to city, it’s really interesting.
I’m with Rafhael on the use of “climate change” instead of “global warming” – the phrasing is very important for really understanding this problem.
As for the Greenhouse Gas Clock, I’m not into “politics of fear” but it would be great if bold gestures like this one began to help more people see the gravity of the issue and the urgent need for change.
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