New Normal: Heat, Floods, Smoke Everywhere
July 23, 2023
Climate Reporter Bill McKibben laid it out clearly in his New Yorker piece on July
My blog is meant to plant seeds of thought for surviving and thriving sustainably on Mother Earth.
I aim to offer new blog posts at least once a week, perhaps more often if news or ideas must be shared more urgently. You will also find the blog on my Linda Mary Wagner Facebook page. I am writing these blog posts myself the old-fashioned way – with the help of research, but without the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI), also known in mid-2023 as Large Language Models (LLMs).
Climate Reporter Bill McKibben laid it out clearly in his New Yorker piece on July
Preserve natural ecosystems with their biodiversity to curb green house emissions. High biodiversity on the left with 9 animal types and 7 plant types; on the right, low biodiversity with just 3 animal types and 3 plant types. Graphic by Tualatin SWCD.
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics – also known as STEM – never have these skills meant more to the survival of the human species and its planetary home, along with elemental forms of life on earth dating back millennia.
On a clear day in Colorado, a hydro-fracking operation may not appear hazardous. But in late 2014, New York State’s Commissioner of Health determined, after extensive study, that the water and air pollution risks of horizontal hydro-fracking were too great to human health to allow the drilling within New York State.
For months, the American news media has focused laser-like attention on the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and the apparent efforts by the current U.S. President to play it down, cover it up, and sidestep sanctions on the Putin-led Russian oligarchy. But there is an “oiligarchy” here at home that is presenting a threat at least as great.
At the time I write this, the news and entertainment media, along with a sizeable public audience, are captivated by the finale of the series, “Succession.” I haven’t watched the series, but I am fascinated by the very concept of succession. Who and what will come after me, after my human heart ceases to beat, my lungs stop breathing, my brain stops firing neurotransmitters across synapses?
I spent more than a dozen years as an independent journalist and later worked as a communications specialist for The Brooklyn Historical Society, Consumers Union, and Associated Press. At this stage of my life, my primary concern is to meet the challenge that climate change presents to my children, grandchildren, and the future of life on planet Earth.
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