The Political Lone Wolf

“… “I’m taking action because I feel desperate,” said U.S. climate scientist Peter Kalmus, who along with several others locked himself to the front door of a JPMorgan Chase building in Los Angeles. A recent report found that the financial giant is the biggest private funder of oil and gas initiatives in the world.

“It’s the 11th hour in terms of Earth breakdown, and I feel terrified for my kids, and terrified for humanity,” Kalmus continued. “World leaders are still expanding the fossil fuel industry as fast as they can, but this is insane. The science clearly indicates that everything we hold dear is at risk, including even civilization itself and the wonderful, beautiful, cosmically precious life on this planet. I actually don’t get how any scientist who understands this could possibly stay on the sidelines at this point.” …”

[Image description: Four screenshots of tweets.

The first was posted by Ben See (@ClimateBen) on April 7, 2022, and reads “Now, why on Earth wouldn’t thousands of scientists worldwide calling for revolutionary economic system change to prevent total climate chaos be all over our Big Business, state-corporate, billionaire-friendly mass media ? A mystery.” The tweet quote-tweets a tweet by Terry Hughes (@ProfTerryHughes) which reads “Spanish police arrest scientists in Madrid protesting against inaction on anthropogenic climate change. @XRebellionAus” and is accompanied by a Reuters photo of the aforementioned arrests.

The second was posted by Joseph Geevarghese (@JosephGeev) on April 8, 2022, which reads “It hit 100° in LA yesterday. Four climate scientists chained themselves to a Chase Bank to protest its financing of fossil fuel corporations. Swarms of LAPD officers in military-grade riot gear converged on their location. These are the true economics of the climate crisis.” and is accompanied by two photos, one of the protest, and one of the police.

The third was posted by Common Dreams (@commondreams) and reads “‘If everyone could see what I see coming,’ said scientist Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman), 'society would switch into climate emergency mode and end fossil fuels in just a few years.’ It is accompanied by a link to their article on the subject and a photo of the Madrid protest.

The fourth is two tweets posted by Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) which read "The mainstream media barely covered climate scientists getting arrested all over the world in a desperate bid to save the Earth, it is actually even worse than Don’t Look Up. Basically covered by @truthout, and in an op-ed I 'planted’ in The Guardian in the hopes of breaking through the media silence. It didn’t work. Nothing in the NYT, nothing in LA Times, nothing in WaPo, nothing in Boston Globe, nothing USA Today.” and are accompanied by a link to the same TruthOut article linked above. -end ID]

Wow, the media blackout on climate change is real.