The truth about the climate crisis is still inconvenient for the large carbon polluters and the politicians who are in their pockets.

There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation.

There is the natural tendency that all of us are vulnerable to, to deny unpleasant realities and to look for any excuse to push them away and resolve to think about them another day long in the future.

A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle and doing something about it.

I have a personal staff that helps me scour the internet and other media for the latest scientific peer-reviewed findings, the latest examples of climate-related extreme weather events, and the latest examples of progress. The world is in the midst of a sustainability revolution that has the scope of the industrial revolution, but with the speed of the digital revolution. That's not enough without new laws and the right kind of political leadership. But it does give us a base from which to build a movement that will save us from the most catastrophic consequences of the climate crisis.

A zebra can not change it's spots.

The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.