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What gives me hope we’ll make it? Kate Orff and oysters
A few weeks before Ida hit, it was dramatically prescient that the August 9 New Yorker’s Eric Klinenberg published under the rubric Brave New World Dept., “Manufacturing Nature: How a landscape architect designs ecosystems to protect cities from the sea.” … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, The Facts of Life
Tagged Eric Klinenberg, Hurricane Katrina, Kate Orff, Plumb Beach, SCAPE, Superstorm Sandy, the Billion Oyster Project, The New Yorker
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I’m going through Trump withdrawal
Maybe you are, too. Or maybe not. Truly, I am no longer obsessed with news of the creature occupying the White House. I will snigger and shake my head over the daft and appalling things that emerge from his mouth … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Hudson River, Michael Cohen, Nancy Pelosi, Superstorm Sandy, the Wall, Trump stuff, Twitter, Valhalla
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A very rich man fights the Koch Bros
If I’m going to report on the very rich Koch Bros conspiracy to end American democracy, I should also report on the very rich men who are, in particular ways, fighting the conspiracy. So here’s Richard Branson. He’s a Brit, … Continue reading
Posted in Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged Amory Lovins, fossil fuel energy, Hurricane Irma, Necker Island, Richard Branson, Rocky Mountain Institute, solar energy, Superstorm Sandy, the Koch Bros final solution to democracy
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