Review: “Earth’s Greatest Enemy”

When you hear the title of the new film from independent journalist/director Abby Martin and her team at The Empire Files, you may or may not have a good guess what it’s referring to. I’ll give you a hint: It’s not Martians, China, or Dr. Doom.

Earth’s Greatest Enemy is about the U.S. military, particularly its role as the planet’s biggest institutional polluter and climate change contributor. While provocative, the title is not sensationalist: It is a sober description of an entity whose activities harm virtually all life on earth, including the ones it’s sworn to protect. The film makes this case persuasively, with details and stories that will assault your conscience – and, hopefully, motivate you to join the struggle for change.

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What if climate change is a hoax?

Australia blog about climate change science media coverage : Anti-carbon tax protesters in Canberra

Pro-oil protesters hold signs at a demonstration against taking action on climate change.

The most demanding issue of our time is environmental protection. Over hundreds of years of exploding populations, consumption-driven economies, and carving up the planet for resources, the human species has completely reshaped its humble home world. For decades now, scientists have warned that this behavior, unchecked, could have an ominous consequence. Science has given humanity a simple ultimatum: change our behavior or face nature’s wrath.

This has led to a deep schism. Those who are most heavily invested in the current system fight scientists’ claims aggressively. Corporate giants have spent untold millions on disinformation campaigns and disseminated their propaganda through far-right outlets. They have successfully transformed a scientific and moral issue into a political one.

But for the sake of argument, suppose the denialists are right. If we turn our resources to the fight against climate change and it turns out to be a hoax, what will we have done? Continue reading