Let’s Abandon the Term ‘Climate Denier’

Louis O’Neill
Nov 4 · 10 min read

Like many others, I delved deeper into the climate debate after 16-year-old Greta Thunberg’s impactful speech at the UN, in which she told the audience that her childhood had been “stolen” due to “fantasies of endless economic growth.”

It was at this point I wondered, what can we do about climate change? And how can people still not believe in it? Don’t all scientists agree that mankind is…

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Hello! My name is Louis. I write about the growing cannabis industry, politics, religion, and philosophy.

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