The heatwave out west is of course a huge red flag. Unless something drastic happens over the next few weeks, the stage is being set for a Spring and especially Summer of unprecedented fire danger, drought, and deadly heat.
What should concern us all is that no one cares about this in the places where people should be caring about this. Donald Trump, being the face and voice of so-called leadership in Washington, dismisses most environmental concerns as the rantings of liberal snowflakes and tree huggers, and instead kowtows to the deep-pocketed fossil fuel industry. We can expect no help from those controlling policy and purse strings, which is maddening beyond reason.
So, while the earth heats up and rids itself of the human pestilence messing with its homeostasis, the Trump administration is twiddling its thumbs and dreaming about how to cash in on oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean.
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