The Price of Normalizing Climate Disasters
September 14, 2020
Yet 15 years after Katrina, I don’t see the same public reaction to climate news. Climate disasters are happening more frequently but are getting less “top of the hour,” urgent coverage from news and media sources. And it’s no wonder: Between the daily shock of another Trump administration scandal, racial injustice, and coronavirus pandemic updates, there’s scarcely any room for climate incidents of any kind. Disaster philanthropy has shifted in how it addresses major weather events, yet the need for immediate assistance has not. What’s even scarier is that many of the same regions are being hit repeatedly, thereby supporting conservative’s case for “Sacrifice Zones” across our country. Have we developed a sense of normalcy around these unnatural disasters? Climate Complacency is real.