Britain's Guardian newspaper is officially changing its language concerning climate change, opting to call it instead “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown.”Editor-in-chief Katharine Viner advised the staff in an email Friday that the phrase “climate change” should be avoided because it “sounds rather passive and gentle’ and doesn’t capture the real threat to humanity. The new guidelines also state that a person skeptical about climate change should no longer be described as a “climate skeptic.” Instead, Viner writes, phrases such as “climate science denier” or “climate denier” should be applied. BIDEN DEFENDS HIS CLIMATE RECORD AFTER OCASIO-CORTEZ CRITICISM, TELLS CRITICS TO ‘CALM DOWN’The Guardian appears to be the first publication to officially issue language guidance on climate change. Other organizations, such as the United Nations, reportedly used different language to describe climate change. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe Guardian’s editorial board also recently endorsed the Green New Deal, a proposal introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey that seeks to transform the U.S. economy in an effort to tackle climate change.

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