one important reason why the LA fires were as fast and furious as they were? Our houses are full of plastic. As Zöe Schlanger writes in The Atlantic, "most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline." Just waiting to burn, furiously. bit.ly/plasticcouch

Commentary on the failure of the UN's plastic treaty negotiations in South Korea to reach an agreement bit.ly/PlasticTreat...

a friend came visiting before dawn