I’ve been talking with folks about carbon dioxide and global overheating. Several times, people have heard the news and said, “Oh shoot! I just replaced my gas furnace.” I wish I could head off these kinds of heating mistakes. Here is what I’ve been sharing: Eight hundred thousand years ago, there were about 1.5 trillion…
Last weekend, I bumped into a friend sitting in the shade enjoying the scene of parents and strollers, bags of goodies from the Edmonds farmers’ market, people lining up at Mar-ket and Starbucks, and the beautiful sky. It has been so beautiful this past month. I mentioned I was surprised at how little I felt…
I get this startling thing a lot: People tell me, “It’s wonderful to see how hopeful you are about people dealing with climate change.” Imagine you were heading home from work and someone said, “It’s wonderful to see how hopeful you are that you will get home tonight.” Yikes! It gets me every time. I…
Nick Maxwell Introducing Climate Protection, a new monthly column from Nick Maxwell A friend of mine just got an electric car, a used Nissan Leaf. Nissan Leafs do not cost like Teslas, especially not used Leafs. Part of his thinking was that he didn’t have to gas up at gas stations. He charges up in…
