Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox unveils his plan to combat global heating. (@GovCox on Twitter) here’s the latest:
biden admin defends trump admin decision to let conocophillips drill in alaska’s north slope — but here’s the kicker: they’re going to have to re-freeze the permafrost — inserting “chillers” into the ground so it doesn’t turn to mush & swallow their rigs while they’re trying to drill for oil “chillers & drillers” not so chilly in miami: it’s been evacuated. miami, arizona, that is; 140 acres burned this weekend; “exceptional drought” no longer the exception, out west; lake mead at ⅓ capacity; "we're at a tipping point," sez the nevada water man. "it's an existential issue for arizona, for california, for nevada. it is just that simple.” or pray for rain, as utah’s gov. requests of citizens: “by praying collaboratively and collectively, asking god or what- ever higher power you believe in for more rain, we may be able to escape the deadliest aspects of the continuing drought.” at least somebody’s taking collective action! meanwhile, co2 at record levels (420 ppm), maugre pandemics & promises current & future (e.g. cop(out)26) is this what psychologists call “diffusion of responsibility”? no animal products before dinner, sez jonathan saffron foer. i’ll let him tell it to the folks in garden city, ks, where they take the injunction seriously to "fill the earth and subdue it. & rule over the fish in the sea & the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” especially steers. we’re sure not subduing the uptick in ticks: “they’re having a good year,” sez the bug expert -- warming temps = longer feeding season + larger range -- &, w/them, lyme (among the other many tickborne diseases of the u.s.) meanwhile, ice breaks up or melts in arctic, greenland, antarctic, himalayas & all the glaciated spaces, it seems (more on that as we see more effects on human life over long hot summers fill the earth
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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. |