BYAlexis Goldstein, TruthoutPUBLISHEDOctober 20, 2020SHAREShare via FacebookShare via TwitterShare via Email

The pandemic crisis has exacerbated existing inequalities and has been an abject lesson in what happens when nations don’t prepare in advance for catastrophe. It has also led many to draw the comparison between this health crisis and the ongoing climate crisis — and the growing and urgent need to tackle climate change now before it spirals out of control.

The U.S., which continues to lead the world in COVID-19 infections, has taken the opposite approach — rolling back environmental protections, includingmanyduring the pandemic, givingtax breaksto polluters and withdrawing from the…