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I know I mentioned last week that it felt a lot like people are returning to normal routines, but boy, I'd forgotten how much "this is fine" energy our "normal" contains.
Extreme climate change events will create more internally displaced peoples. I hope folks in the West get used to using that term for their own citizens, too, & not just developing nations.
The ground beneath so many feet is not safe. We need policies mature enough to handle environmental refugees & economic system overhauls.
You are more than right.
I wish I weren't. Hope this week is being kind to you, LSWellesley.
To you as well, M. L.
@MLClark I've encountered people displaced by the West Coast wildfires. Not just California but the Oregon fires of 2020.
Relatedly:
In an alternate universe, pro-lifers don't terrorize individuals moving through or forced by nonviability nightmares into abortion, but instead rally against the oil giants and government actors killing and damaging fetuses worldwide by letting global warming accelerate. (And they'd of course fight for universal healthcare, excellent mat/pat leave, affordable daycare, etc., too.)
Pipe dream, I know. But what a kinder world we could have had instead.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/15/global-heating-linked-early-birth-damage-babies-health