30Pushing Products and Blaming Consumers Corporate Journalism, Climate Change, and the Discourses of Delay
On the morning of November 26, 2021, Kate Melges, Senior Plastics Campaigner for Greenpeace, sent out a text that stated, Today is Black Friday. It’s a dark day for the environment.
1 In a like manner, Earthjustice (2021b), the environmental group that litigates on behalf of the earth, pointed out in an email, We can’t buy a new planet this Black Friday,
suggesting that a donation would be an effective alternative to shopping. With these messages, environmental groups forged a connection between shopping, and by extension American consumerism, and the ongoing destruction of the planet.
In contrast, ...
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