Living in Bomb Time — 30

Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. You wouldn’t know it from watching the Oscars tonight.

Scientists have been concerned about “Global Warming” since the 1890’s. In the 1940’s Hulbert calculates 4C of warming as a result of increasing CO2 levels from 280ppm to 560ppm. The first computer model of the Earth’s entire Climate System is completed in the mid 60's.

None of the films nominated for top awards talk about it directly.

“Avatar — The Way of Water” comes closest by addressing the subject in a metaphorical way, but that’s about it.

This reflects a larger trend in our society. Trumpublicans complain non-stop about “woke” liberals trying to brainwash everyone by pushing a “Climate Apocalypse” narrative on “the children”. The reality is that they have made the topic so toxic it’s rarely mentioned in our films and movies except in the ghetto of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of 'rightwing backlash'

The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of Sir David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from…