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Rachel Carson 2020 book awards: Communicating environmental warnings then (1962) and now

Rachel Carson 2020 book awards: Communicating environmental warnings then (1962) and now APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION & COMMUNICATION 2021, VOL. 20, NO. 4, 301–302 https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2021.1979784 NEWS Rachel Carson 2020 book awards: Communicating environmental warnings then (1962) and now Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring heralded much needed public attention to critical science information, especially dangers in our environment. Shortly following Carson’s work, efforts to warn the public and political leaders about climate change and global warming poured in, but to little effect among governments worldwide. There was a lot of “talk” and “promises” but as we are all experiencing, climate change is real and running rampant. James Gustave Speth’s recent account of the history of failed leadership, They Knew: The US Federal Government’s Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis (MIT Press), outlines key reports in Washington as early as 1965 and continued fossil fuel extraction and use. Speth includes the story of Our Children’s Trust (formed in 2010) and the hopeful but failed Juliana vs. U.S. legal case. Today, youth climate activists often led by Sweden’sGreta Thunberg, continue their plea to save their future, most recently in a forward for UNICEF’sChildren’s Climate Risk Index. An op-ed (NYT,August 22, 2021, p. 8) by youth climate activists, “Adults Are Failing Us on Climate,” boldly states, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Environmental Education & Communication Taylor & Francis

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APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION & COMMUNICATION 2021, VOL. 20, NO. 4, 301–302 https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2021.1979784 NEWS Rachel Carson 2020 book awards: Communicating environmental warnings then (1962) and now Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring heralded much needed public attention to critical science information, especially dangers in our environment. Shortly following Carson’s work, efforts to warn the public and political leaders about climate change and global...
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APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION & COMMUNICATION 2021, VOL. 20, NO. 4, 301–302 https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2021.1979784 NEWS Rachel Carson 2020 book awards: Communicating environmental warnings then (1962) and now Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring heralded much needed public attention to critical science information, especially dangers in our environment. Shortly following Carson’s work, efforts to warn the public and political leaders about climate change and global warming poured in, but to little effect among governments worldwide. There was a lot of “talk” and “promises” but as we are all experiencing, climate change is real and running rampant. James Gustave Speth’s recent account of the history of failed leadership, They Knew: The US Federal Government’s Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis (MIT Press), outlines key reports in Washington as early as 1965 and continued fossil fuel extraction and use. Speth includes the story of Our Children’s Trust (formed in 2010) and the hopeful but failed Juliana vs. U.S. legal case. Today, youth climate activists often led by Sweden’sGreta Thunberg, continue their plea to save their future, most recently in a forward for UNICEF’sChildren’s Climate Risk Index. An op-ed (NYT,August 22, 2021, p. 8) by youth climate activists, “Adults Are Failing Us on Climate,” boldly states,

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