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At least when Titanic hit the iceberg, lifeboats left about half full. With “a handful of oil companies, including BP, Chevron, and Koch Industries,” according to Robinson Meyer at The Atlantic, spending nearly “$31 million” to kill Initiative 1631, lifeboats this time are all being destroyed on our watch. I’m still meeting people who believe…

Robert Barnes and Brady Dennis reported in The Washingon Post “the Supreme Court on Friday night refused to halt a novel lawsuit filed by young Americans that attempts to force the federal government to take action on climate change, turning down a request from the Trump administration to stop it [10 days] before trial.” The…

TASS, noted by Wiki as “the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide,” reported today newly discovered increase in Arctic methane emissions “may affect the planet’s climate system.” According to the Ministry of Education and Science, “Russian scientists have found a new big area in the East Arctic’s seas with big…

I recall driving near Chehalis, WA, thinking Juliana v. US was Earth’s last best chance.  The lawsuit, Juliana v. US, set to begin in Eugene, Oregon, October 29, 2018, may, or may not, happen.  According to Phuong Le, of the Associated Press, “Chief Justice John Roberts signed an order freezing the trial.”  In July, the…

Now, if you’re not fighting for it globally, you’re not fighting for it locally.  Support 350.org

My response? See the video below.

Last year, it was Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria; damaged islands of Barbuda and Puerto Rico; fires in California, British Columbia, Oregon, Montana, Sibera, Greece, Sweden, Portugal, and Spain; and millions enduring floods in Bangladesh (widely reported as 1/3 underwater), Peru, Nepal, India, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Canada, Iran, Norway, England, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand,  Vietnam, …

Professor Kevin Anderson answers question “What does the future look like? How bad can things get if we proceed on this course?”

Thanks to fellow fisher / writer Cameron Pierce and artist Barbara Temple Ayres for allowing me to post their work above.  I saw their broadside at The Word and Image Show at The Hoffman Center in Manzanita, Oregon, when I had work there as I noted below. The free exhibit will be on display throughout the month…

Last night I enjoyed reading at The Word and Image Show at The Hoffman Center in Manzanita, Oregon. I was one of twelve writers paired with twelve artists to respond to each other’s work, meaning two poems and two images.  I’m grateful I worked with Karen LaGrave Small whose painting The Fear Fly is above.…