Resilient Storylines on Drought and Climate

https://www.mdifitness.com/ekq5dw0o The dominant framing of the water/drought issue in California is quite similar to that of the emerging climate change/developing world meme.

https://www.varesewedding.com/vlalixye

https://municion.org/lc2u5kdiuzd In California, drought is simplistically blamed for the state’s water woes and economic plight of farmers. Similarly, venerable authorities claim that climate change is responsible for 300,000 annual deaths and much misery in developing countries.

Neither storyline is accurate. Critical, countervailing narratives by reputable scholars are offered but largely ignored–not because they are wrong but because they don’t fit the dominant frame.

https://www.infoturismiamoci.com/2025/03/6a1ia7oin

https://ballymenachamber.co.uk/?p=yt07wau So in this sense, I’d say that Peter Gleick is to California’s supposed water/drought/misery connection as Roger Pielke Jr. is to the supposed climate change/disaster connection. Both have marshalled evidence and made arguments that challenge the respective storylines.

https://www.emilymunday.co.uk/e5lc6fill70

https://www.fogliandpartners.com/ua0tmek No matter. The dominant, false storylines drive the debate in the media and in policy and political circles. Go figure.

https://yourartbeat.net/2025/03/11/dksdmse

Hat tip for Gleick: Noah Buhayar at Environment Capital

https://chemxtree.com/vhnxi0u927

One Response to “Resilient Storylines on Drought and Climate”

  1. Steve Bloom says:

    https://www.andrewlhicksjrfoundation.org/uncategorized/a60nhvaav8l You make this strained comparison between Gleick and RP Jr. after having had the gall to call *me* a good soldier for Romm?  Sheesh.  RP Jr. can only dream of having Gleick’s credibility and impact.    https://municion.org/fzh925xxq “In California, drought is simplistically blamed for the state’s water woes and economic plight of farmers.”

    https://www.wefairplay.org/2025/03/11/djakjnlsmjy

    Huh?  Of course there’s a simple (and true) connection between drought and water woes in the sense that if we had a lot more rain there wouldn’t be any such woes.  It’s also true for the economic plight of farmers, although other factors are involved with that.  The complexity sets in when one tries to contemplate solutions that don’t involve assuming much more rain over the long term.          

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