Category Archives: Environment

Another UN Climate-Change Warning — ‘A File Of Shame’

April 4, 2022

(Illustration: “Landscape of Change,” by Jill Pelto, and found here). As the world responds to the war-crime horrors of Vlad Putin’s monstrous invasion of Ukraine, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today released…

Antarctic Heat/Ice Shelf Collapse: ‘Probably Is Something Like, You Know, The Last Straw On The Camel’s Back’

March 25, 2022

Noontime Friday here in California’s Central Valley. The weather’s ambiance is already warm touting, thus we’re looking at low-80s later this afternoon — heat the news. So be it — going beyond Ukraine, Putin and…

UN Chief: ‘We Are Sleepwalking To Climate Catastrophe’

March 21, 2022

Sunshine and warmth this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. Spring has sprung so summer won’t be long in coming — words to weed. Meanwhile. Ukraine has tragic consequences beyond its borders. Today, UN…

‘Unprecedented’ — Word For Our Age

March 19, 2022

Seemingly, our current time zone’s best descriptive word might be ‘unprecedented.’ Joining Vlad Putin’s ‘unprecedented‘ dangerous shit in Ukraine is a shocker in a field where the unusual has become commonplace for years — climate…

‘Press, Press, Pull’ — MSM And The Two Rs (Russians/Republicans)

March 4, 2022

Approaching late morning and the noon hour this Friday here in California’s Central Valley — overcast with gentle sprinkles, a weather pattern known lately on the Left Coast (and other sections of the Western US)…

The Two ‘Rs’ Of Horror — Russians And Republicans

March 2, 2022

Last night’s SOTU is now history, but Russians in Ukraine and Republicans in America keep clogging the news drain pipe this mid-day Wednesday in California’s Central Valley — warm again, too, feels like it’s getting…

Frightful New UN Climate Report: ‘The Bleakest Warning Yet’ — War In Ukraine Maybe A Template For Action

February 28, 2022

Near-hot just at mid-day Monday here in California’s Central Valley as temperatures generate more than just warmth as maybe the weather feels as if it could leap spring altogether,  and crunch face-first into summer. Weather…

War! — ‘Friend Only To The Undertaker’

February 24, 2022

(Illustration from The New York Times earlier this morning). As I type this post, I’m watching Joe Biden do his thing as all of us come to grips with a shitty, un-called-for war in Ukraine, and…

Kamala Harris On Ukraine: ‘A Decisive Moment In History’ — A Scream At Vlad!

February 19, 2022

After nearly a full week of the ebbing of sickness, I’m feeling somewhat better this early-evening Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — although I never ventured out today, we experienced another bright, beautiful one…