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| 2026-01-17 | |
The media still sound allied with the Green New Deal pushers, but the thrill is gone. Last November, leftists blasted ABC, CBS and NBC for barely touching the COP30 global climate summit in Brazil. (PBS gave it nearly 16 minutes, and 10 of it was a John Kerry softball interview.) Now, Axios.com posted an analysis by Amy Harder on this trend, titled "The world's great climate collapse." Greenpeace gang, beware: "The last year has seen an epic reversal that spread quickly from governments to boardrooms to pop culture." Not only has Trump dismissed climate panic, but Harder noted Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, "once one of the world's most vocal climate advocates," is now repealing some of his country's climate policies. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair also issued a memo questioning the wisdom of pursuing "net zero" emissions policies. Then there's billionaire Bill Gates, an unelected global leader. He circulated a memo criticizing the climate movement while shifting much of his money and focus back to public health -- just four years after publishing the book "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster," a bestseller that drew gushy reviews from AP, CNN, USA Today and Oprah Daily magazine. With Trump in office, Ford pulled back sharply from its electric-vehicle plans, shifting focus to more popular and profitable hybrids and gas vehicles due to slowing EV demand. Europe scaled back its plan to ban gasoline-powered cars in the next decade and softened climate disclosure rules, which The New York Times captured with a dejected headline: "Europe Begins to Tiptoe Away From Key Climate Policies." The Axios analysis claimed even Hollywood is tiptoeing away, "swapping climate angst ... for oil swagger, as seen in the current hit TV show 'Landman.'" That's not entirely true. In December, the CBS drama "Fire Country" featured a firefighter lecturing like Al Gore: "We all know damn well there is no fire season anymore. Thanks to climate change, it's all year round. Just keeps getting worse," and concluding, "We're at war." | |
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