{"id":397951,"date":"2019-03-03T17:02:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T16:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/when-it-comes-to-climate-change-centrism-is-not-the-answer\/"},"modified":"2019-03-03T17:02:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T16:02:25","slug":"when-it-comes-to-climate-change-centrism-is-not-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/when-it-comes-to-climate-change-centrism-is-not-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"When It Comes to Climate Change, Centrism Is Not the Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"series-card row\">\n<div class=\"series-image small-4 columns\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/series\/progressive-picks\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16444708675_9bda07918c_k-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-hd_thumbnail size-hd_thumbnail\" alt=\"Progressive Picks\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16444708675_9bda07918c_k-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16444708675_9bda07918c_k-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16444708675_9bda07918c_k-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>The newest installment of John Feffer\u2019s <\/em>Splinterlands<em> series is here. In this interview, Feffer discusses our current climate disaster, and how <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/o\/6694\/t\/17304\/shop\/item.jsp?storefront_KEY=661&amp;t=&amp;store_item_KEY=3743\">Frostlands<\/a><em> shows a future ruled by corporations after the global order has long disintegrated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Samantha Borek: <em>Frostlands<\/em> is a standalone follow-up to your book <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/o\/6694\/t\/17304\/shop\/item.jsp?storefront_KEY=661&amp;t=&amp;store_item_KEY=3427\"><strong><em>Splinterlands<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>. How do the two sync up in the timeline of the series?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Feffer:<\/strong><em> Splinterlands<\/em> takes place in 2050 and <em>Frostlands<\/em> shortly thereafter. But you don\u2019t have to read the first volume to understand what\u2019s going on in the second. <em>Frostlands<\/em> gives you enough background to understand what has happened to the world since 2019 \u2013 the collapse of the European Union and federal states like Russia and the United States, the splintering of the international community, the spread of paramilitaries, the intensification of climate change.<\/p>\n<p><em>Splinterlands<\/em> is focused on the \u201cpast\u201d \u2013 the <em>how<\/em> and the <em>why<\/em> of the world\u2019s fragmentation. <em>Frostlands<\/em> is focused on the \u201cpresent\u201d \u2013 how everyone, including the main character Rachel Leopold, is dealing with the consequences of that fragmentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As the newest climate science reports detail that we only have <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/oct\/08\/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other\"><strong>12 years to mitigate climate change catastrophe<\/strong><\/a><strong>, how does <em>Frostlands<\/em> give us a glimpse into the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"truth-content\" id=\"truth-1561824578\">\n<div class=\"banner_wrapper\" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"banner-247295\" class=\"banner subscribe-banner  banner-247295 bottom vert custom-banners-theme-default_style\" style=\"\"><a class=\"custom_banners_big_link\" href=\"#\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"banner_caption\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"banner_caption_inner\">\n<div class=\"banner_caption_text\" style=\"\">\n<p><strong>Stay in the loop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Never miss the news and analysis you care about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The human race, in this era, can be likened to a group of frogs sitting in a very big pot of water. Until recently, the temperature of the water had been rising only very slowly, so only a few frogs were paying any attention at all. Today, more and more frogs are aware of the problem. In 2051, the water is near boiling, and everyone is experiencing the impact: disappearing islands and coastlines, extreme weather events that wipe out cities, the rise of a new class of climate refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Leopold, the 80-year-old glaciologist who is at the center of <em>Frostlands<\/em>, is focused on ice. Trapped beneath the continental ice shelves and under the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/when-it-comes-to-climate-change-centrism-is-not-the-answer\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest installment of John Feffer\u2019s Splinterlands series is here. In this interview, Feffer discusses our current climate disaster, and how Frostlands shows a future ruled by corporations after the global order has long disintegrated. Samantha Borek: Frostlands is a standalone follow-up to your book Splinterlands. How do the two sync up in the timeline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":373193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-397951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}