>> .." near-ABSENCE of anything in the Murican Meeja: on this topic."
Yep, 2 months later(!), I see this:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html
Yep, 2 months later(!), I see this:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html