A Green Party member running for Senate in New Jersey faced criticism after attributing the recent earthquake in the Northeast to the 'climate crisis'. However, experts have clarified that earthquakes are caused by tectonic plate movements and are not related to climate change.
Social media erupted with criticism when a Green Party member, who is a candidate running for Senate in New Jersey , pointed to the “ climate crisis ” as the reason behind the recent earthquake in the Northeast.Saturday that Christina Amira Khalil wrote the post not long after the area felt the quake that was followed by several aftershocks on Friday.
Senate candidate Christina Amira Khalil just said that “climate crisis” caused today’s earthquake in New Jersey. “We know the statistical distribution of earthquakes is approximately equal across all types of weather conditions. Myth busted.”
Green Party Candidate Senate New Jersey Earthquake Climate Crisis Criticism Tectonic Plates Climate Change
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