"Eventually, we’ll either have to adapt, or we’ll break."
Molly Taft
mtaft
Writing about climate change, renewable energy, and Big Oil/Big Gas/Big Everything for Earther. Formerly of the Center for Public Integrity & Nexus Media News. I'm very tall & have a very short dog.
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It's stupidly hard to get cable news to pay attention to the most important story of our lifetime.