Even after eight years of horrible conditions — and powerful evidence that the Dust Bowl was a human-created disaster (the result of humans plowing up arid plains and grasslands not suited to agriculture) — many persisted in their belief that it was just God’s will, and what they needed to do was behave better.11 Others continued with a ghoulish bo

The consequences of catastrophic climate change are daunting, almost too terrifying to contemplate, and denial can help us through it.

exacerbate the inequitable distribution of suffering. There is no question that the climate is going to change, and bring with it a lot of suffering. The question is how we navigate it.