This week's Fool-on-the-Hill is none other than old-school Dem Senator Dianne Feinstein who maybe should think about stepping out of the way given her obnoxious disrespectful interaction with young Sunrise Movement activists near her office late last month. Our friends at Grist set the scene: “Some scientists have said we have 12 years to turn this around,” a little girl told the senator. “Well, it’s not going to get turned around in 10 years,” Feinstein responded, which is the political equivalent of telling a kid that the tooth fairy doesn’t exist. Except maybe meaner." The Fool then went on to condescend, "I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I know what I’ve been doing. You come in here and say it has to be my way or the highway. I’ve gotten elected. I just ran. I was elected by almost a million vote plurality and I know what I’m doing. Maybe people should listen a little bit." Actually, maybe old fools should do some listening? SNL took a piece out of her HERE.
On to The Mad King of Fake Emergencies! His Malignancy not only concocted the fake Mexican Wall "emergency" in his effort to overrule that pesky Congressional thingy in the Federal Government, but his lackeys in the Environmental "Protection" Agency (EPA) have schemed up "so-called "emergency" approvals to spray sulfoxaflor—an insecticide the agency considers "very highly toxic" to bees—on more than 16 million acres of crops known to attract bees. Of the 18 states where the approvals were granted for sorghum and cotton crops, 12 have been given the approvals for at least four consecutive years for the same "emergency", reports EcoWatch. Also, His Malignancy's lackeys at U.S. Fish & Wildlife are about to end wolf protections nationwide (did we mention they have an office on Rt.9 in Hadley?). And this: It's official, Old King Coal's favorite climate criminal, Andrew Wheeler has been confirmed as the nation’s 15th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Grist reports: "Wheeler’s record-breaking reign as acting administrator was marked by an unprecedented assault on greenhouse gas regulations amid historic wildfires and hurricanes that scientists say offer a preview of the rapidly warming world to come. In August, Wheeler unveiled a proposal weakening fuel economy standards for new vehicles... as a “giant giveaway” to oil companies even as electric auto technology made huge leaps forward. Weeks later, he proposed gutting a landmark Obama-era power plant regulation, allowing....enough pollution to cause an additional 1,400 premature deaths per year." Have you ever wondered how many instances of climate censorship have taken place in The Mad King's court of climate corruption? How about 194? Here's the tracker.
In case you haven't been paying attention: It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!! (sorry....but it is). Here's a new-to-us aspect of climate chaos: We knew there was ocean warming but underwater heat waves? How about some good news for a change? Youth-led Climate Protests Sweep Across Europe. Guess what rest of the world.....you are next. Here in the Commonwealth on Friday March 15, 11am to 3pm at the State House in Boston. And: "Our planet just set a scary new CO2 record"
Here's our timely Quote of the Week;
"We are not looking to the right or left. We look forward. Together, we will change this country and this world, sure as the sun rises each morning." - Sunrise Movement
Finally in The Enviro show Echo chamber our friends at Grist have an eye-opening headline for you: "Plastic has a long lifespam. It's probably shortening yours." Of course, if you've been a long-time listener to this show you probably already figured this one out, but check the link in case you missed anything. Since we're on the subject, did you ever wonder why plastics became the "one word" in the shopocalypse? Time for some history!
After our conversation with the folks from the Sunrise Movement it's off to the Billboard:
Thursday March 21, 10AM. [Raindate Friday March 22] International Day of Forests Tour of UMass. Concerned about the Climate Crisis? Come for a brief educational tour and rally for the trees. Meet at the westside entrance of the Campus Center. Sponsored by the Wendell State forest alliance, co-sponsored by Our Revolution UMass & The Enviro Show. Contact: savemassforests@gmail.com
Thursday, March 21, 6:30 pm. Green Rainbow Party of Western Mass meeting. , Green Fields Market, upstairs, 144 Main St, Greenfield, MA
Sunday, March 24, 6-7:30pm. (Doors open at 5:30.) Green New Deal Town Hall with Senator Ed Markey. Northampton High School Auditorium, 380 Elm St, Northampton. Join Senator Ed Markey for the first of his Green New Deal Town Halls throughout the state. The Senator will be giving an overview of the Green New Deal, a ten year mobilization to fight the existential threat that is climate change. He will then take questions from the audience. Sen. Markey's office asks that people go to the Senator's Facebook page at https://facebook.com/EdJMarkey/ to RSVP and get more information.
Monday March 25, 7 to 9pm. Climate Action Now Monthly Gathering. Unitarian Universalist Society, 121 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA. Go to: climateactionnowma.org
Monday, April 8, 2019, 9:30 – 3:00 pm. Millennials for 100% Renewable Energy Lobby Day to bring the voices of millennials to Beacon Hill. Massachusetts State House (meet in room 350) . Questions: Contact Ben Hellerstein, ben@environmentmassachusetts.org, 617-747-4368
OK, we are done here 'til next time. Remember to Listen to your Mother, OK?
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