Top UK scientist & truth-teller Kevin Anderson: the dangerous fantasy built into the climate narrative. Plus the awful story of the Texas nuclear parking lot with Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear, and Trump's secret backer for climate wrecking. Best of Radio Ecoshock replay.
Interviews by Alex Smith, for Radio Ecoshock
Song "Time of Trials" by Alex Smith
In the Affiliates version, there is a break point and re-intro at 31:45 for stations needing to insert station ID or announcements.
It's not that we are being lied to on a massive scale. We are, but that's not the point. We are lying to ourselves on a massive scale. The agreement reached by our political leaders in Paris reflects our own unwillingness to make deep changes now to save the climate. As we see in this paper, it also marks our very human way of answering a real threat with procrastination and fantasy.