Non-soothing clock in Glasgow. (Andrew Boyd via Euronews) “do not come. do not come,”
sez v.p. harris to potential migrants. easy for her to say -- she has a plane on the runway “what she failed to mention,” sez grist, “was 2020’s biggest driver of migration: severe weather, which makes the ‘do not come’ instruction nearly impossible to follow. nearly 600k people from honduras, guatemala, nicaragua were dis- placed last yr due to hurricanes eta & iota” but it’s not just u.s.: no country offers asylum to climate refugees . . . world bank sees 143 m by 2050 & here’s something new: “climate clocks.” there’s the “seconds to midnight” nuclear war clock, now there’s the “time left to save the world” clock: yrs. to reach paris goals (under 7), & how much renewable energy so far (12%); they’re in ny, ghana, nigeria, & glasgow (lead-up to copout26); & euronews’ question is: “can ticking clocks soothe climate anxiety?” — that’s the policy goal now: keep calm but carry on w/what you’re doing collective action? yes! -- group therapy meanwhile: worst drought in utah since the middle ages; & drought across the wheat belt: plains states, prairie provinces, russia; prices rising as chances of rain decrease; right-wing u.s. militias gear up to fight for water . . . 139k acres burned in arizona, 0% contained, w/“that fierce, intimidating bright orange glow” after dark 114 f in sonora, mexico: problemas de deshidratación; “we’re selling a lot of water,” sez the businessman; more drought in brazil = less hyrdo- power = power plants switch to coal = more co2 = hotter temps = more drought in brazil & hot in middle east, even by middle-eastern standards: 120+ iran, oman, kuwait, u.a.e.: “harshest heat wave in history for this time of year,” one that “can melt crayons, soften asphalt, warp railroad tracks” -- picture of worker dumping big blocks of ice into a swimming pool -- heat indices of 140+ on persian gulf r we uninhabitable yet? or time to reset our clocks, maybe? whatever the answer, remember, do not come here. by the time you get here, we may have left
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I'm a writer & teacher in Lawrence, Kansas who actually believes the scientists. I wrote a book of poems called Of Some Sky that seems to have something to do with all this. |