Cop26, Boris and Scotty’s cop-out, just a lot of hot air in the end? — Urban Wronski Writes

Barbara Crane Navarro

“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero[…]

Cop26, Boris and Scotty’s cop-out, just a lot of hot air in the end? — Urban Wronski Writes

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School that pioneered polio shots gives kids covid vaccine as Jill Biden watches – The Washington Post

Physician Richard Mulvaney gives a trial polio vaccine to Jackie French, then 7, on April 26, 1954, in McLean, Va. She now goes by her married name, Jackie Lonergan. (The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis) Source: School that pioneered polio shots gives kids covid vaccine as Jill Biden watches – The Washington Post

Michael Mann: climate action won’t require sacrifice – but delay will

It is climate inaction that will lead to people living more difficult, less prosperous lives. Action on climate means more jobs, quieter transport, cleaner air, better access to affordable energy and a more equitable society.

World leaders, particularly those from high carbon-emitting countries like the US, UK and China, know this. When these countries gather in Glasgow for climate negotiations next month they have a choice: end investment in fossil fuels or stay on the current course to disaster.

Source: Michael Mann: climate action won’t require sacrifice – but delay will