The
Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It
Genevieve
Guenther (Author, Narrator), Kalorama (Publisher)
In an
illuminating analysis, Dr. Genevieve Guenther shows that the climate debate is
not, in fact, neatly polarized, with Republicans obstructing climate action and
Democrats advancing climate solutions. Partisans on the right and the left
often repeat the same fossil-fuel talking points, and this repetition produces
a centrist consensus upholding the status quo, even as global heating
accelerates.
Weaving
this analysis through fascinating critical histories of the terms that dominate
the language of climate politics—the words we, alarmist, cost, growth,
"India and China," innovation, and resilience—Dr. Guenther shows how
this consensus is established. Fossil-fuel interests weaponize the discourses
of science, economics, and activism, co-opting and twisting climate language to
help greenwash their plans for ongoing extraction. But all too often climate
scientists, economists, and even advocates will unwittingly echo the false and
dangerous assumptions of their supposed political opponents. This apparent
agreement between foes, filtered through the news media, not only influences
our commonsense yet mistaken views about the climate crisis but also enables
powerful decisionmakers to justify the corporate and policy actions that
threaten us all. Revealing this dynamic, Guenther shows how to transform it.
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