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ELECTIONS DON’T SOLVE EVERYTHING
Push the US govt. to sign the nuclear weapons ban treaty. No matter which party wins this week.
2019: WE HAVE 11 YEARS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
In last week’s column looking back at “2018: The Year in Global Warming,” I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following:
The big question for Bostonians and anyone ...
2018: THE YEAR IN GLOBAL WARMING
“We are the first generation to fully understand climate change and the last generation to be able to do something about it.” —Petteri Taalas, secretary-general, World Meteorological Organization
Given all the developments I could review from the year ...
BOSTON FIDDLES WHILE THE WORLD BURNS
City government continues issuing reports while UN calls for immediate action
When writing about human-induced global warming on a regular basis, it’s a good idea to pace oneself. Because it’s such a relentlessly depressing topic that highlighting it too often can backfire. Faced with an existential threat of such magnitude that ...
LETTERS TO THE FUTURE
The Dig teams up with comrades coast to coast (and some major bestselling authors) to crank the heat on climate change awareness
FOUND IN TRANSLATION: ART AS A TOOL FOR INDIGENOUS EMPOWERMENT AT BU
Gluckstein’s passion for the preservation and protection of indigenous peoples has driven her career for the past 30 years. Now, she hopes to use her art to raise awareness.
