Why people in the US south stay put in the face of climate change
by Megan Mayhew Bergman from Environment | The Guardian on (#47NJ5)
From New Orleans to the Florida panhandle, many have built up psychological resilience after living through years of extreme weather
I've long felt America, particularly the south, where I grew up, is in the "denial" stage of grief when it comes to our psychological response to climate change.
The sixth mass extinction has begun, our oceans are warming 40% faster than scientists anticipated, and the US's carbon dioxide emissions rose 3.4% in 2018. How, I wonder, is everyone so calm? So business-as-usual?
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