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Commentary
We'll be heading out on vacation which means no newsletter the next two weeks. I'll look forward to sharing more cool articles with you on August 30th!
Also, the IPCC came out with some (not surprisingly) dire models for climate change, and you'll see several articles on this very important topic.
Finally, if you're not vaccinated, get vaccinated! The quicker you do so, the quicker we get past this pandemic.
Be safe out there!!!
Pete
Climate Change
John Kerry on the Unfathomable Stakes of the Next U.N. Climate-Change Conference | The New Yorker
Ahead of a major summit, the first special Presidential envoy for climate discusses the diplomatic tightrope he faces post-Trump, and the best outcome he can hope to achieve.
A Hotter Future Is Certain, According to U.N. Climate Report - The New York Times
Some devastating impacts of global warming are now unavoidable, a major new scientific report finds. But there is still a short window to stop things from getting even worse.
The UN Climate Report: All Is Not Well—but All Is Not Lost | WIRED
A major new report from the IPCC paints a devastating portrait of climate change. But it also shows that it's not too late for drastic action.
IPCC Report: The window to avoid climate catastrophe is closing
The UN’s latest IPCC report lays out the dire state of the climate: Without “immediate, rapid, and large-scale” actions, limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will be out of reach.
Health/Biotech
Axios-Ipsos poll: The blame game begins over the Delta coronavirus variant - Axios
Vaccinated Americans blame the unvaccinated and Donald Trump, while many unvaccinated people blame the mainstream media and President Biden.
REIKI CAN’T POSSIBLY WORK. SO WHY DOES IT? - The Atlantic
The energy therapy is now available in many hospitals. What its ascendance says about shifts in how American patients and doctors think about health care.
Environment
‘People think you’re an idiot’: death metal Irish baron rewilds his estate | Conservation | The Guardian
Trees, grasses and wildlife are returning as Lord Randal Plunkett recreates a vanished landscape in County Meath
Culture
How Happy Is America? - Bloomberg
More than a year of pandemic and social unrest has strained the nation's mental and emotional well-being, but may have also made us more resilient.
