the novel corona
virus steals the headlines from climate crisis -- this planet’s not big enough for two apocalypses but china emits 25% ↓ co2 now: if you want to solve climate crisis, just don’t go anywhere. . . . voila! “the only time we see e- missions seriously reduce is during a recession,” sez the economist; but who wants a recession? wettest feb. ever in u.k. no “meteorological winter” for kyiv this calendar winter; warmest-ever winter in s. korea warmest-ever winter in norway warmest-ever winter in denmark birds dropping from the sky from heatstroke in s. australia 28 dead in mudslides near sao paulo: “my daughter, which is what I loved the most in my life … everything i had, the water washed away.” “i spent all that night praying to god that this wouldn’t happen.” “today i slept at my sister’s, with her son in a small room. i don’t live where i live because i want to, but it’s all i have” . . . seriously, people! can’t we take it one disaster at a time?
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Kristin Prevallet Author/Editor
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. |