{"id":470236,"date":"2026-09-12T04:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=470236"},"modified":"2026-09-12T04:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:11:12","slug":"environmental-priorities-vs-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=470236","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Priorities vs. \u2018Climate Change\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classic articles are worth remembering. One in the environmental field was a prioritization of environmental issues back in 2020 by Bjorn Lomborg, \u201cWelfare in the 21st century: Increasing development, reducing inequality, the impact of climate change, and the cost of climate policies<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is the world\u2019s deadliest environmental problem?,\u201d asks Bjorn Lomborg. The answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not climate. Outdoor and indoor air pollution. Let\u2019s not get so scared about climate that we forget the much bigger problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more in my peer-reviewed article:\u00a0https:\/\/sciencedirect.com\/\u2026\/article\/pii\/S0040162520304157<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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This result explains why today, climate alarm is just not resonating with the public to the chagrin of the alarmists. Bill McKibben faults<\/a> the New York Times<\/em> and Democrats for throwing in the political towel. \u201cI\u2019m saddened to see how little our representatives in DC seem to really care, even the Democratic ones,\u201d he begins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Too many Democratic leaders are feeling comfortable waving off climate concerns, because of a feeling that it might be a political problem for them. That was exemplified this morning in the New York Times<\/a> when center-right pundit Matt Yglesias issued a strident call for liberals to \u2018support America\u2019s oil and gas industry\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So is the voting public dumb, miscalculating their own self-interest? Or are the alarmists fooling themselves? This is a question that not only Bill McKibben but also Joe Romm and many others need to ask themselves as the mitigation failures mount, leaving adaptation as the one viable alternative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Classic articles are worth remembering. <\/p>\n

One in the environmental field was a prioritization of environmental issues back in 2020 by Bjorn Lomborg, \u201cWelfare in the 21st century: Increasing development, reducing inequality, the impact of climate change, and the cost of climate policies\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":470237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"Explore the contrast between real environmental priorities and climate change focus, highlighting critical issues like air pollution in this insightful article.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Prioritizing Real Environmental Issues Over Climate Alarmism","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691822337,691821050,691818077,691819282,691830162],"class_list":["post-470236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-air-pollution","tag-bill-mckibben","tag-bjorn-lomborg","tag-climate-alarm","tag-environmental-problems","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1Yks","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":273548,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=273548","url_meta":{"origin":470236,"position":0},"title":"Bj\u00f8rn Lomborg: how rising temperatures will save lives","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/15\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A spell of extremely hot weather has hit Europe this month, bringing with it a raft of apocalyptic headlines. 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