The story of our newly elected prime minister signing the new Paris climate treaty at the UN popped up in my Facebook feed recently. Ever since the change on Facebook that allows users to react in ways other than just clicking “like,” people have been able to choose a range of emotional responses to a post including one called “angry.” Angry even comes complete with a nasty-looking red emoji. A few minutes after the post had been up, five people had already clicked this. Feeling particularly brave, I began wading through the comments.

I was struck by how there are still people out there who are not convinced about climate change or that we should be doing anything to try and help ourselves through what is going to be a very trying time in the coming years. The science is pretty clear that our carbon emissions are changing the planet we live on, but there are still those who refuse to acknowledge this. I’m also struck by how those same people seem to care so little about the crap being pumped into our air every single day.

Read the full article at Thespec.com Here.