rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/call-it-a-climate-crisis?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-call-it-a-climate-crisis' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Call it a Climate Crisis Campaign https://actionnetwork.org/groups/call-is-a-climate-crisis-campaign https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/130/707/normal/ActionNetwork_Call-it-a-Crisis_v1.png In 2018, only 3.5 % national television news segments that mentioned climate change referred to it as a crisis or emergency. When media outlets consistently fail to use language that conveys that climate change is a crisis or emergency, they unwittingly put a heavy thumb on the scale in favor of complacency and inaction. It is past time for the media to call the climate emergency what it is—and to cover it with the regularity, focus, and depth that an urgent, existential crisis merits. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/call-it-a-climate-crisis