Category Archives: Environment

Trump: no more federal aid to California as fires continue to burn!

Posted on November 5, 2019 by

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-california-wildfires-twitter-gavin-newsom-federal-aid-latest-a9183216.html What’s next for us?  No more aid in case of a hurricane? (At least as long as NY state votes democratic.)    

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Green Tsunami in Switzerland!

Posted on October 22, 2019 by

Across the globe there has been a sweep by nationalistic, right-wing and even far-right movements large enough to win elections, and form governments: Jair Bolsonaro in Brasil, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, Matteo Salvini in Italy, Andrzej Duda in Poland, Erdogan … Continue reading →

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“Thank you for caring.” The benefits of changing your mind about climate.

Posted on June 20, 2019 by

Thank You for Caring.   Her clear, youthful voice floated up to the trees above us.  Sincere words of a college freshman, Ashley Ambrocio, who had stepped up to the mic, smiling, soft brown curls escaping her pulled back hair.   It … Continue reading →

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Panic or Empowerment? Brought to You by Greta, Alexandria, 1.6M+

Posted on April 24, 2019 by

    photos from their instagram Feeling inspired?  I am.  Thrilled, actually, to witness the clear clarion call to climate action….. by young people who have their whole lives to live, and so much to loose.   UNITE BEHIND THE SCIENCE, … Continue reading →

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The People You Meet Picking Up Beach Plastic

Posted on April 11, 2019 by

Serenely beautiful, surreal, spiritual.  Three weeks on the sugar-white sands of Tulum, contemplating the sometimes jade, sometimes topaz, sometimes evening blue Caribbean.  On days when the sea was perfectly flat and clear you could watch the sting rays and barracudas … Continue reading →

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Extreme Weather: Monster Storm Ulmer

Posted on March 13, 2019 by

Reporting from Harrison NE, 4 PM. I am on what was supposed to be a leisure trip: my first transcontinental drive from coast to coast, New York to Calfornia and back.  It turns out that I got caught in super … Continue reading →

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Oil Giant Takes Climate Change Seriously

Posted on March 8, 2019 by

This is hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=D1BOWxFMT5Q   And this is serious: BY STEVEN MUFSON,  The Washington Post, March 5th The chief economist of one of the world’s biggest oil companies is urging other companies to take climate change seriously — and sooner … Continue reading →

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