Thinking Our Way Out of Climate Catastrophe Warrenton is a small, working-class town of about 5,000 on the Oregon coast, in the far Northwest corner of the state. Originally inhabited by the Chinook people, it was established by white settlers in the mid-1800s. Fort Stevens was established nearby during this…

When my partner Lara and I returned from China ten years ago, after experiencing how bad the atmosphere is there, we sought to understand what was goin’ on. We put out a call to comrades to see who wanted to study climate issues together, and several folks responded. We spent…

I’ve been working on a climate change book for a number of years. The idea for this book germinated while I was living in China ten years ago. There, among other things, I experienced depressing levels of ecological devastation and severely diminished air quality. Upon return, as an attempt to…