#EmergencyMode

 #EmergencyMode

The President should declare a National Climate Emergency, and the UN should declare a Planetary Climate Emergency. Something's simply got to be done to get people's attention.

new france

 What would have happened if there had been no Louisiana Purchase, and the entire Mississippi Valley had remained New France?

ipcc 6th assessment

 Well, the newest IPCC assessment of climate change has come out, and it ain't pretty:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/09/ipcc-report-un-climate-report-delivers-starkest-warning-yet.html?__source=sharebar|facebook&par=sharebar&fbclid=IwAR3Ee9puGHgiEfsyouTaimTkzwzlNfhmoAiSCHiIQ_VF_q82RXH_vDKA2Uw

This report puts things in pretty stark perspective. The UN Secretary General calls it 'Code Red' for the planet.

scientists and engineers

 We need more and better scientists and engineers.