It’s climate change, stupid: Director Jim Jarmusch bashes deniers amid raging LA fires

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Film director Jim Jarmusch erupted during a critics awards event to attack climate change deniers as wildfires tore through Los Angeles. I would just like to say it’s time we wake the f*** up!” open image in gallery Film director Jim Jarmusch has had it with politicians blaming the Los Angeles firestorm on everything but the most obvious Jarmusch spoke out in the wake of billionaire Elon Musk’s bizarre claim that the firestorm destroying LA was somehow inexplicably caused by California’s diversity policies. When extremist podcaster Alex Jones insisted in a post on X that the fires were part of a “globalist conspiracy” aimed at toppling America, Musk also got onboard that train, responding: “True.” open image in gallery Extremist podcaster Alex Jones and Elon Musk are on the same page on theory that Los Angeles fires are part of a ‘globalist plot’ to topple America Trump blamed Joe Biden for California’s dry fire hydrants. Yet Trump’s mantra during his campaign was “drill, baby, drill” to boost fossil fuel use, which is viewed as the key driver of climate change and extreme weather events.