Category Archives: Environment

Climate Change Frog-Leaped To The Back Burner

November 14, 2025

Rain again this near-noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — a wet story of horror: (Illustration by Australian political cartoonist Fiona Katauskas, and found this morning at the Guardian.) In this terrible, dangerous, and…

‘Collapse’ Coming Quickly?

February 18, 2025

Clear and quiet this early-evening Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. (Illustration: “Collapse Of Perfection,” oil on canvas, by Peter Kim, and found here.) Shit’s getting deeper by the day. I’ve found it hard to…

Climate Change: Last Month Hottest January Ever — T-Rump ‘…Putting Families Across The Country In Peril’

February 6, 2025

Rainy and cold this mid-morning Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — a crank in the levers of the real-deadly horror of the T-Rump, supposedly in the middle of winter: Via the Guardian this morning:…

Day-Before-The-Day: Ballot-Box Disquietude

November 4, 2024

Bright sunshine tempered with chilled temperatures this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. If this is Monday, tomorrow is tomorrow no matter how you look at it. Of course, it will be Tuesday, and,…

UN Report: ‘We Are In The Midst Of A Climate Emergency, And The Window To Act Is Closing Fast’

October 24, 2024

Bright, way-clear sunshine tempered by a chilly breeze this late afternoon Thursday in California’s Central Valley — finally a distinct autumn day. Summer this year has been a bitch — our hottest ever — and it…

In The Wake Of Helene/Milton, Weather People Under Attack, Threatened By MAGA — ‘Beyond Ridiculous’

October 11, 2024

Clear skies and on the coolish-side temperatures — comparatively speaking — here a bit after the noon hour Friday in California’s Central Valley as for the first time in a shitload of space we’re under…

Double-Whammy Hurricanes — The New Normal: ‘With The Increasingly Undeniable Effects Of Climate Change, A Dire Assessment Is An Honest Assessment’

October 8, 2024

Clear, bright skies full of sunshine shortly after the noon hour Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley as summer days in the fall are maybe slacking off a bit as we make it into a…