Americans are in the forth year of the worst economic leadership in our lifetimes and people are literally having to choose between paying their utilities and eating. Because the economy is so bad, if not in a recession, the drive-by news media is churning out propaganda obviously because it is an election year.

The souring economy isn’t due to the massive amounts of government spending for COVID-19 or even Bidenomics. The real culprit, according to CBS News, is climate change.

The worse part about CBS News‘ article is that it profiles an employee of an environmentalist nonprofit that provides assistance to people to who want to weatherize their homes:

During the heat dome that blanketed much of the Southeast in June, Stacey Freeman used window units to cool her poorly insulated mobile home in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Over the winter, the 44-year-old mom relied on space heaters.

In both instances, her energy bills reached hundreds of dollars a month.

‘Sometimes I have to choose whether I’m going to pay the light bill,’ Freeman said, ‘or do I pay all the rent or buy food or not let my son do a sport?’

As a regional field organizer for PowerUp NC, Freeman’s job is to help people properly weatherize their homes, particularly in the Sandhills region, where she lives and works and where poverty and rising temperatures make residents vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change.

No indication that Stacey Freeman has taken advantage of her employer’s assistance and had her own home weatherized either. But the new buzzword the media will use from now on is energy poverty because now climate change is racist:

Freeman struggles with what is known as energy poverty, including the inability to afford utilities to heat or cool a home. Households that spend more than 6% of their income on energy bills are energy-poor, some researchers suggest.

Energy poverty can increase one’s exposure to extreme heat or cold, which raises the risk of developing respiratory issues, heart problems, allergies, kidney disorders, and other health conditions. And the burden falls disproportionately on households in communities of color, which experience it at a rate 60% greater than those in white communities.

But, in the end, combating climate change must be done because of equity or something:

‘Energy poverty is just one example of how climate change can exacerbate existing inequities in our communities,’ said Summer Tonizzo, a spokesperson for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

But CBS News prefers to avoid delving into the details and complexities. There’s obviously too much joy going around.

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