Might be the best metaphor to come out of 2021.
Year: 2021
Climate Catastrophe: The View from Chuck E. Cheese
Colorado wildfire: Marshall fire may have destroyed 1,000 homes in Boulder County, officials say
The Marshall fire that tore through parts of Superior and Louisville may have destroyed up to 1,000 homes, Gov. Jared Polis and Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said Friday.
Jeff Goodell on the Doomsday Glacier
Jeff Goodell’s recent Rolling Stone piece about Thwaites Glacier has gotten a lot of attention, as has the story generally. See MSNBC’s Chris Hayes talk with Jeff from last night, above. My concern, that I shared with Jeff, was that there is a lot of confusion about the difference between “ice shelf” and “ice sheet”. […]
Record snowfall offers reprieve to dry California – but drought remains
Despite a promising start to the water year, there’s a long way to go before the state overcomes deficits left by dry conditions
Adam McKay on Don’t Look Up’s Improv Moments
Disaster in Colorado Makes the Point – How Long Before Insurance Companies Pull the Rug on Climate Risks?
It’s already happening in California fire-risk areas – and too an extent in Florida’s coastal flooding zone. How much longer are Insurance companies going to bear the risk of homeowners in at-risk areas? Rude shock coming for a lot of homeowners.
Beauty products are full of risky chemicals. I tried to get rid of them
Eliminating endocrine disruptors is harder than you might think, but you can do a lot if you make the effort. I do.
‘Don’t Look Up’ review: DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence headline scathing climate-change satire that occasionally veers off course
In a grand science fiction tradition, “Don’t Look Up” uses a disaster-movie framework as a metaphor for a reality-based crisis, with a huge comet hurtling toward Earth as a surrogate for indifference to addressing climate change. Yet this star-studded, extremely provocative satire at times veers off course itself, partially undermining its admirable qualities with the broadness of its tone.
Jeff Goodell on the Doomsday Glacier
Jeff Goodell’s recent Rolling Stone piece about Thwaites Glacier has gotten a lot of attention, as has the story generally. See MSNBC’s Chris Hayes talk with Jeff from last night, above. My concern, that I shared with Jeff, was that there is a lot of confusion about the difference between “ice shelf” and “ice sheet”. […]