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A new study from Texas A&M University found that the more people know about global warming the less they care about it. The researchers interviewed over a thousand people and concluded, “More informed respondents both feel less personally responsible for global warming, and also show less concern for global warming.”

That’s definitely true for me. Because I studied environmental science in college, I couldn’t seem to escape all the brouhaha about global warming. Although I agree it’s important, I just don’t personally care. There are other more immediate threats to people’s wellbeing that warrant greater attention. I can’t worry about green house gases when people are dying from treatable diseases because of the global disparities, which are reinforced by corporations and their government sponsors as they produce their next new “green” technology.

Too much of the global warming propaganda is just greenwashing. Buying new shit wont save the environment. Nor would reduced emissions justify the levels of exploitation that went into the product.

Another recent study from the University of Missouri found that people just care more about their local community. “The survey’s core result is that people care about their communities and express the desire to see government action taken toward local and national issues,” said David Konisky, a policy research scholar with the Institute of Public Policy.

I agree with this, too. I care more about human health and environmental justice. A local focus also makes more sense as an organizing strategy. Compared to broad goals of stopping emissions, it is more effective to combat environmental racism by targeting an actual polluting body that puts toxic waste in low income communities.

Any way, the more I hear about global warming, the less I care.