Here at Ask NYT Climate, we usually dive into specific questions, from the greenest ways to dispose of pet waste to the most eco-friendly workout clothing. But because Tuesday is Earth Day, we’re tackling one of the big questions: What is the single best thing I can do for the planet?
We put this to half a dozen experts who shared their advice on how to be the best planetary citizen possible.
“One of the most effective ways to avoid consumption in the first place, Dr. Rees said, is to have a smaller family.”
Yip, human overpopulation is the biggest cause of anthropogenic climate change (compare it to other causes), and the root cause of it. It’s also the root cause of the anthropocene extinction event and of that becoming a mass extinction event, and of factory farming, and of industrial fishing, and of habitat degradation and destruction, and of unsustainable pollution, …
Killing billionaires isn’t on the list, I question the objectivity and truthfulness of this piece.
If the NYT would stop cheerleading imperialism we’d be off to a great start.
