A Mighty Wind

Responses to Jonathan Franzen's odd climate neo-denialism in the New Yorker

Great Egret and Double-crested Cormorant. Photo: Judylynn Malloch/Audubon Photography Awards

A recent article by Jonathan Franzen in the New Yorker asks if the conservation community's efforts to fight climate change actually detract from more immediate actions to protect birds and wildlife today.

Below, Audubon and others from around the web answer this misguided rhetorical question with a resounding no.

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