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Spaceship Earth — for NASA Scientist Peter Kalmus It’s like we’re on Spaceship Earthand our top navigators warnwe will soon collide with asteroid beltunless we change course..00000005 percent get to vote.

Bill McKibben wrote it best in his Substack publication The Crucial Years, “At 5 a.m. this morning [April 4, 2022] we were supposed to get the report from Working Group 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It didn’t come—because delegates were still arguing. And the arguments were over the two most fundamental questions of the…

Used with permission of Extinction Rebellion. March 20-22, 2022 Update — Fiona Harvey at The Guardian reported “Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists.” The article noted “Antarctic areas reach 40C [70 degrees Fahrenheit] above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C [50 degrees Fahrenheit] above usual levels” and “Startling heatwaves at both…

The first had no eyes.The second no tongue.The third fungus gills. “Salmon people have spoken,”said the fishermanto others who stared in disbelief. Finally, someone asked, “What did they say?”Water is too hot to survive, and you’re next.Unless you listen and change,the curse you put on us will be on you, and your children. * Click…

Used with permission of Extinction Rebellion. Dr. Ye Tao gives an excellent presentation weaving in social equity, and the need for nonprofit science-based solutions benefiting people in all countries such as mirrored roof tiles in India to reduce suffering during extreme heat events.  March 6, 2022 Update: Dave Borlace’s Just Have a Think posted a…

 The Last Two Men on Earth — parts of this poem appeared in my February 23, 2020 post “Climate Lifeboats of the Rich and Famous?” I recall when it was reported Bill Gates bought — then didn’t buy — Sinot’s AQUA, “the world’s first hydrogen-powered yacht for $650 million” according to businessinsider.com’ s Taylor Gorden and…

  Regarding Don’t Look Up‘s tech billionaire Sir Peter Isherwell (Mark Rylance) attempting to profit from the death comet’s rare minerals, I recall Terry Macalister wrote about a real situation involving Royal Dutch Shell.  “Shell accused of strategy risking catastrophic climate change” is about “an internal document [that] acknowledged [the effect of] a global temperature rise of 4C”…

See the link to the documentary at livinginthetimeofdying.com  I understood when posting that Jem Bendell’s paper “Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy” is controversial among academics. For background, see Kiley Bense’s December 24, 2021 Inside Climate News article “In Deep Adaptation’s Focus on Societal Collapse, a Hopeful Call to Action.” The article mentions Ye Tao,…

Koda defending his otter. Toula is our pug rescue. Toby is our 17-year old Jack Russell who jumps like a puppy. I followed Bill McKibben’s lead, and got a puppy to go with my two older dogs. Most dogs haven’t read the IPCC‘s dire reports. Deer, elk, squirrels, and wild birds are still magic to…

Used with permission of DW. January 17, 2022 Update: Three days ago Jeff Masters at Yale Climate Connections reported “Australia ties Southern Hemisphere’s all-time heat record of 123°F; epic heat cooks Argentina.” Thank you to the recent 352 visitors from Romania, 339 from United States, and 107 from France. As a reminder, President Niinistö of…