{"id":354280,"date":"2024-12-13T16:05:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354280"},"modified":"2024-12-13T16:06:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T15:06:01","slug":"are-climate-activists-demoralized-or-emboldened-by-trumps-win-chris-martz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354280","title":{"rendered":"Are climate activists demoralized or emboldened by Trump\u2019s win? Chris Martz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"354281\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=354281\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Chris-Martz.png?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Chris-Martz\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Chris-Martz.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Chris-Martz.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Chris-Martz.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Chris-Martz.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Chris-Martz.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Chris-Martz.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Chris-Martz.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/12\/11\/are-climate-activists-demoralized-or-emboldened-by-trumps-win-ft-chris-martz\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=are-climate-activists-demoralized-or-emboldened-by-trumps-win-ft-chris-martz&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=are-climate-activists-demoralized-or-emboldened-by-trumps-win-ft-chris-martz#\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/ghoffman\/\">Gabriella Hoffman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome of the more activist academics are out there saying that it\u2019s game over for climate and that we\u2019re going to be set back so much on global warming. And we\u2019re going to have all these catastrophic things happen once we permanently breach the 1.5-degree Celsius limit. The arbitrary limit that the IPCC has plucked out of thin air, which was admitted in the ClimateGate emails, and they\u2019re saying that we\u2019re headed to two degrees warming, or 2.5, or even four degrees plus warming by the end of the century. All because Trump won.\u201d \u2014 Chris Martz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 475 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back meteorology student and breakout social media star Chris Martz. Chris discusses if climate activists are demoralized by a second Trump victory, how they\u2019ll respond to Trump 2.0, and what he thinks of president-elect Trump\u2019s EPA, Interior, and Energy picks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listen on Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-podcast-player jetpack-podcast-player__direct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/district-of-conservation\/episodes\/EP-475-Did-Trump-Win-Demoralize-Climate-Activists--ft--Chris-Martz-e2s3g16\/a-abm2fpk\">https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/district-of-conservation\/episodes\/EP-475-Did-Trump-Win-Demoralize-Climate-Activists&#8211;ft&#8211;Chris-Martz-e2s3g16\/a-abm2fpk<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SHOW NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow Chris on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChrisMartzWX\">\u2060Facebook\u2060<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisMartzWX\">\u2060Twitter\u2060<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/chrismartzweather.com\/\">\u2060Chris\u2019s Website\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/chris-martz\/\">\u2060Follow Chris\u2019 writings at CFACT\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ep-434-climate-realism-with-chris-martz\/id1435126030?i=1000655462983\">\u2060EP 434: Climate Realism with Chris Martz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Episode 475 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back meteorology student and breakout social media star Chris Martz. 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