Vijay Jayaraj writes for Townhall.com about climate alarmists’ harmful tactics.
Not long ago, as part of a series of articles on what is being done in response to climate change in all fifty states, a New York Times publication painted a seemingly innocent picture of teenagers gathered at the edge of six wooded, hilly acres in Minnesota. These young people, guided by an environmental group called Green Crew, pulled weeds and tended to local plants.
The article framed this collective action as a therapeutic remedy for a generation suffering from profound climate anxiety. A quoted scientist in the piece proposes that engaging in group activities mitigates the depression and negative emotions born from obsessing over changing weather patterns.
You see this pattern everywhere. First, children are told that their future has been stolen, that the planet is on the brink of collapse, that every storm or heatwave is a sign that time is running out. Then, when the natural result of such messaging appears—confusion, sleeplessness, despair—the climate establishment rushes in with programs and clubs that promise to “channel” these fears through “collective action.”
What looks like compassion is, in reality, a closed loop of fear and managed activism. It is nothing but a subtle art of amplifying a fabricated crisis, often masquerading as a heartwarming story.
If you constantly tell children that disaster is inevitable, it is no surprise that some will break under the weight of those words. Instead of asking whether the story itself is accurate, the young volunteers believe their “hands-on conservation work” is a “meaningful response” to the climate worries.
But the very warmth that today is framed as a threat has played a key role in making our planet greener and more hospitable. This period of moderate warming (1850-present day) follows the Little Ice Age, a time when low temperatures stifled plant growth and decimated food crops. Famine stalked humanity. Cold weather killed millions.
