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The Trumpster fire
by Tom H. Hastings 763 words How did it start? I’m from Minnesota and my Dad took me canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness as a boy. Eventually, as an adult, I became a guide. I learned about the peatbog slow burns that could keep the embers of a forest fire smoldering underground for years…
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The Retreat from Global Warming and Environmental Protection
by Mel Gurtov 1074 words Walking It Back We once took for granted that everyone concerned with global warming outside the Trump administration’s orbit accepted the scientists’ conclusion that 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming was the critical threshold. Following on its pullout from the Paris Accords, the administration has ignored climate scientists’ overwhelming findings on the human…
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A dream deferred, but still alive
by Lawrence S. Wittner 980 words On March 1, 1945, only six weeks before his death, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered an address to Congress that pointed toward a sweeping transformation of international relations. With the Axis powers tottering toward defeat in World War II, Roosevelt reported that the recently concluded Yalta conference of Allied leaders…