ConnorEl
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Weird inclusion of the moon “illusion” video in that piece.
The NY Times has an article on how California's famed Napa Valley wineries are in serious danger due to climate change. Smoke from fires is ruining red wines, the reservoirs and lakes they use for irrigation are drying up, and insurance companies are no longer willing to insure them for losses. "The losses have been stunning. In 2019, growers in the county sold $829 million worth of red grapes. In 2020, that figure plummeted to $384 million."
Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/scorched-parched-now-uninsurable-climate-151253774.html
Good new for people who love bad news:
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1025...s-accelerating-and-humans-must-cut-emissions-
Good new for people who love bad news:
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1025...s-accelerating-and-humans-must-cut-emissions-
Meanwhile, other major economies including China and India are not on track to reduce their emissions this decade.
I was pretty discouraged by this report as well. To learn earlier that the pandemic shutdown was not helpful re climate change, and then this article - especially the last sentence.
I know Americans pollute the most per capita, but when two emerging economies with populations in the billions are pulling us down, I have a hard time imagining the USA "going Amish" would change things.
Add in that gulf state hospitals are already stretched due to Covid and this could be awful.
No matter what happens, Republicans are going to blame Biden. It is what it is. I just hope local, state, and federal officials can do the best they can despite the COVID shitshow the people of Louisiana and Texas have made for themselves.
Yeah, I've already tried to clue a few friends in that this is coming, as is a massive retail supply crunch this winter regardless of the hurricane, due to supply chain factors out of our control. It's not Biden's fault it happens.
The stories I'm reading of people in NOLA waiting out the evac until the last minute....did they learn nothing from Katrina?
Yeah, I've already tried to clue a few friends in that this is coming, as is a massive retail supply crunch this winter regardless of the hurricane, due to supply chain factors out of our control. It's not Biden's fault it happens.
The stories I'm reading of people in NOLA waiting out the evac until the last minute....did they learn nothing from Katrina?