Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: So it turns out that the fossil fuel industry-funded science studies looking at the impact of carbon dioxide emissions on climate were suppressed. Turns out that these studies pretty much indicated the same results as those done by the thousands upon thousands of independent scientists — that human-induced [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Recently, I’ve been reading articles about the possibilities of mega-droughts in Africa (one’s mind does not even want to go there in terms of potential for human catastrophe), the possibility of sea level rises of as much as 10 feet this century!!!! (bye, bye London, Tokyo, Manhattan, and [...]
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[Breaking News 4-17: E.P.A. to clear way for regulation of greenhouse gases.] Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: When people ask me, but where is your hope? or, more challengingly, do you have hope? I often find myself drawing a breath, asking if I am certain of my answer. I have written (in Living [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Look, I know we are still basking in the various sacred celebrations of hope and renewal that come with the season, but sometimes we get hit with reality in any case. Yesterday, my Chicago niece sent me this article from the Chicago Tribune, Global Warming: Australia showing effects [...]
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