Are You Experiencing Election Eco-Anxiety?
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Have you been worrying about the outcome of the election in the U.S.?
I sure have.
While we have plenty of reasons to worry, the past few weeks I’ve been increasingly anxious about who U.S. citizens will elect as president because of the huge impact this decision will have on the future of our planet. If we re-elect the current administration, our country and the world will be screwed (at least, environmentally). We cannot afford four more years of environmental policy rollbacks and federal inaction on the climate crisis and environmental justice. If we are to stop the worst effects of climate change, we must take significant action in the U.S. now.
This is why, every time I think about the possibility of a repeat surprise like 2016, my stomach clenches, my heart races, and I feel like crying. Climate change is already creating natural disasters worldwide. How much worse will it get if we don’t cut our GHG emissions in half by 2030 and get to global net-zero by 2050? What kind of world will we be leaving our children and grandchildren? Will the…
