{"id":1658,"date":"2009-09-29T07:42:55","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T11:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2009-09-29T07:42:55","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T11:42:55","slug":"heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=1658","title":{"rendered":"Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the activist category, Time Magazine names<\/a> Joe Romm as one of this year’s “green” heroes. Romm would prefer to think of himself as a journalist, but he’s not complaining. In fact, he’s “surprised<\/a>” by the “generous profile” that Bryan Walsh wrote, since Romm slammed<\/a> him several months ago. It’s as if Romm were surprised that humans have the capacity for decency and sportsman-like conduct, two qualities that no one would associate with Climate Progress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There’s another related tidbit to this news that bears noting. Walsh’s profile mentions that Romm didn’t get evangelical about global warming until his brother lost his house to Hurricane Katrina. I find that ironic since Katrina is not a global warming disaster. But more revealing, this anecdote suggests that Romm’s crusade is triggered by personal experience. That’s not how most people relate to climate change as an environmental issue.<\/p>\n

Buy Soma Online In fact, as sociologist Robert J. Brulle observed in this recent NYT story<\/a>, global warming lacks an immediacy with the general public precisely because it’s hard to relate to:<\/p>\n

https://castlehomecomfort.com/toilet-installation/ It does not have the direct visual or emotive impact of seeing seabirds covered in oil from the Exxon Valdex oil spill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https://growthjourneytherapy.com/contact/ Good for Romm that he had an opportunity to make a personal, searing connection, even if it was a false one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the activist category, Time Magazine names Joe Romm as one of this year’s “green” heroes. Romm would prefer to think of himself as a journalist, but he’s not complaining. In fact, he’s “surprised” by the “generous profile” that Bryan Walsh wrote, since Romm slammed him several months ago. It’s as if Romm were surprised… https://andiroberts.com/resourcehub/ Continue Reading…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2553,2787],"tags":[835,1234],"class_list":["post-1658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change","category-joe-romm","tag-climate-change","tag-joe-romm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}