The Beauty of Restraint
5/25/23 – Clean energy is only the beginning
Hello everyone:
Just before publishing tonight, I learned about a sudden push by the conservative Brazilian Congress to pass legislation that would gut both the environment and Indigenous ministries. If successful, Lula’s government might find it impossible to protect forests and indigenous lands from miners and loggers. Those are high stakes and terrible consequences at both a local and global scale. I don’t often push these things, and I don’t know if it will help, but you can add your name to a global petition by the powerful activist group Avaaz. Congress could vote in the next few days.
As always, please remember to scroll past the end of the essay to read some curated Anthropocene news.
Now on to this week’s writing:
