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“Jerry Taylor once worked for a libertarian think-tank, where he was paid to dispute the seriousness of climate change. Now he argues for climate action.” Listen here.

Elk dog. April 21 brought my first springer of the season. Toby, my Jack Russell, kept trying to take down an elk. I had to yell “No. Bad dog! Elk are out of season you fool!” Anyway, here is some fresh salmon for you Bonnie ZoBell. 

Big Oil vs Poetry The night before the stone in his forehead, Goliath had a terrible dream.

Here is my fishing/climate change bumper sticker I designed at vistaprint.com in 6 minutes (Click Signs & Posters then Bumper Stickers.). I bought two for about $12 which included postage.  Here are my other ideas, or invent one: He > google (God Is Greater Than google); Yoga = Resilience; Love Anyway; I Am More Than My Metal…

On March 21 CBS San Francisco (CBS SF) reported in “Judge Calls For Tutorial While Hearing Climate Change Lawsuits” “the [Chevron] representative says the oil industry accepts that humans are the driving force of global warming but oil companies argue that they can’t be held liable for emissions that are indeed government regulated.” The oil…

Update: “On Wednesday, a federal judge [ William Alsup] will hold a ‘climate science tutorial’ as part of San Francisco’s and Oakland’s nuisance cases against five oil giants for damages related to sea level rise” according to Ann Carlson and Peter C. Frumhoff of the San Francisco Chronicle.  I wonder What is the dollar value of…

This morning I enjoyed Cornel West’s great essay “Brother Martin Was a Blues Man” in Boston Review, which is also a podcast.  The essay notes, “72 percent of Americans disapproved of Martin when he was shot in Memphis and 50 percent of black Americans disapproved of Martin when he was shot. We should never forget that.…

© 2011 Ruth Wallen. All Rights Reserved. I enjoyed meeting artist Ruth Wallen, a lecturer at the University of California, San Diego, with an art exhibit Listen to the Trees at San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery from March 12  – April 3, 2018. The hours are MTW 11 am – 4 pm, TH 11 am…

Thich Nhat Hanh taught to focus on what is helpful. It is helpful to listen to this Reveal radio broadcast to ask for systems planning and AMBER-style alerts that can be used in regional emergencies: “Warning System Down: California Deadliest Fires” (“Last October, more than 170 wildfires ripped across Northern California. It was the deadliest…