Excerpted from “FALTER: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?” by Bill McKibben. Published by Henry Holt and Company April 16th 2019. Copyright © 2019 by Bill McKibben. All rights reserved. Oh, it could get very bad. In 2015, a study in the Journal of Mathematical Biology pointed …
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This is the latest dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer in Antarctica, investigatingthe effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier. As I write this, I’m on the bridge of the Nathanial B. Palmer, cruising through the Strait of Magellan on our way …
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Nobody had high hopes for Trump’s environmental policy. He had, after all, said climate change was a hoax and sent out more than 100 skeptic tweetseven before running for president. But the speed, recklessness and spite with which his administration has sought to upend environmental protections has been breathtaking. Climate …
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An envelope arrived from the New York State Comptroller’s office the other day, with a check inside for $108. Apparently I’d left it sitting in some bank account years ago, and now it was being returned. Free money is good fun, and where we live $108 buys you the best …
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