Yesterday,
Governor Jay Inslee signed into law the 100% clean energy bill, which was crafted
by the Washington State legislature. It is the strongest clean energy bill in
the nation. That bold and wise action gives us hope.
David Wallace-Wells, in his newly
published book, The Uninhabitable Earth,
paints a grim picture of our future . . . saying that “if we allow global
warming to proceed, and to punish us with all the ferocity we have fed it, it
will be because we have chosen that punishment—collectively walking down a path
of suicide” (220).
The hope exists in that the coming
cataclysm—which was engineered by us (unlike an earthquake or a collision-course
asteroid)—can still be ameliorated by us, but only if we take action soon (ideas
paraphrased from pp. 30-31).
Yesterday, the people of Washington
State took action. May our wise, caring, and bold stewardship action spread to
other states and countries. May it benefit the future of our children, grandchildren,
and the many other species with us on this gift of a life filled, blue-green
earth.
Climate Change Hope
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