Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of 海角社区, spoke to the for an article about how climate 鈥渄oomism鈥 fuels extremist violence. Gill said that while most mainstream environmental organizations have backed away from, and even apologized for, their focus on overpopulation during the 鈥60s and 鈥70s, the rhetoric still comes up regularly in conversations about climate change. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really hard to get people to accept that consumption is the problem, not how many people there are. And that when we talk about overpopulation, there鈥檚 a dog whistle there that a lot of people don鈥檛 even realize that they鈥檙e blowing,鈥 Gill said. Gill added that so-called 鈥渆co-fascists鈥 tend to blame environmental problems on people who have done the least to create climate change, and are already suffering most from its impacts, like immigrants, residents of developing countries and people of color.
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