Today I’m going to announce the award for Climate Ostrich of the Month: The first recipient will be Faried Zakariah, who just wrote a column in Time Magazine called “Build that Pipeline!”
Clearly this guy has his head in the sand and has no idea how bad climate change will be.
In October, I would have given the award to Candy Crowley of CNN, who, just weeks before Hurricane Sandy hit, decided that climate change wasn’t a relevant enough topic to ask about during the presidential debates. An audience member had the question to ask, but Candy, in her infinite wisdom, opted instead to ask yet another question about the economy. (This is because Candy lives in a beltway bubble that insulates her from anything outside the 24-hour news cycle. Poor Candy, and poor EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD!)
SHE has her head in the sand too! So, the Mock Award idea, is Nonviolent Method #14: Mock Awards.
This was used in the sixties when the Ecology Action campaign of Boston gave out a “Polluter of the Month” award. (Although I think they only gave it out one time.)
I also think there should be a Climate Hall of Shame, so everyone knows who the biggest obstacles to climate solutions are. Clearly the Koch Brothers, former Exxon-Mobil CEO Lee Raymond, ultra-right-wing profiteers like Lord Monckton (who’s not really a lord!) and Chris Horner and Marc Marano and Steve McIntyre and Anthony Watts and Joseph Bast and Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly, as well as DIShounorable Senator James Inhofe and Congresstoadies James Sensenbrenner and Joe Barton, to say nothing of Dick Cheney (who considers himself a, quote, “man of principle”, as long as “principle” can be defined as “the unwavering support of people who LINE YOUR POCKETS a the expense of truth, justice, and the American Way”).
I’m sure I’m forgetting a bunch, but that’s what the “comments” section is for!
The Hall of Shame is for posterity and for today, but the Ostrich Award is for the Here and Now, 'cuz media-celebrities need to know that their Ostrich-like behavior is KILLING THE WORLD!
Anyway, that’s Method 14: Mock Awards.
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