This year’s record-warm spring is pummeling Colorado farmers amid multiple external threats, disrupting the state’s $9 billion agricultural sector and jeopardizing signature crops like Pueblo green chiles, Olathe sweet corn and Palisade peaches. "I am hoping to get through this year," a farmer says

Vincent van Gogh - The Plain at Auvers, 1890

Frederic Edwin Church - Aurora Borealis, 1865

The US may be in the ditch, but California is still on the right path and other states can follow its lead.

If you are looking for the true motivation for the US attack of Iran you probably do not need to search any further than this.

No. It also produces more particulates that cause respiratory disease than fossil fuels.

Sycophants spewing mis- and disinformation, eroding guardrails, and forcing dedicated career professionals out the door. The only bulwarks against the death of a democracy have been state justice departments and the federal judiciary.

This is a classic polycrisis. Declining birthrates, tuition increasing at 2 1/2 times inflation, mistrust of private institutions (in part thanks to Trump), "white collar" jobs replaced by AI, and foreign student registrations off a cliff (entirely thanks to Trump) all lead to declining enrollment.

The importance of this cannot be overstated. For 16 years Hungary has been the incubator for undermining democracy. That time is over and the world can breathe a sigh of relief.

David Lenz - Brocken Spectre and Glory, Portrait of Temple Grandin, 2022

Sally West - Manningtree Beach, 2015

Vincent van Gogh - Field with Poppies, 1889

The boondoggle in Iran is inspiring folks in Pakistan to switch to sustainable electric motorbikes sourced mainly from China. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

At a 15-minute closed-door Department of Interior meeting, six Trump administration officials exempted the oil and gas industry from complying with endangered species laws in the Gulf of Mexico. Despite not asking for the exemption, the oil and gas industry has welcomed the move.

L.L. Fitzgerald - 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, ca.1921

Georgia O'Keeffe - Lake George with White Birch, 1921

We're getting there, despite the dying evil empire's efforts to stop us.

Off the scale cynicism. The Trump administration is attempting to veto protections for species on the brink of extinction for “reasons of national security.” The depth of their evil is unfathomable.

Undoing centuries of damage so water can be captured before it runs off will restore peat bogs to good health.

Claude Monet - The House Seen from the Rose Garden 3, 1924

Here's what Keir Starmer doesn't want you to know about the war on Iran:

Great news! Canada has committed to its 30 x 30 goals with the announcement of $3.8 billion funding for protection of 1.6 million km² of lands and up to 700,000 km² of oceans in up to 50 protected areas. environmentjournal.ca/a-force-of-n...

A.J. Casson - Anglican Church at Magnetawan, 1933

Maynard Dixon - Homeless Man, 1938

Norman Rockwell - Murder in Mississippi, 1965

What could have been.

Edward Hopper - The Long Leg, 1930

Kicking a very big can down the road. The article includes a link to the study.

We can safely assume Trump thugs threatened Total with a mob-style shakedown. Something like, "Your wind energy lease is cancelled, so you can either lose your billion dollars or repurpose it for natural gas production."

Neil Young, painted by Joni Mitchell.

Suzanne Vaughan - Field with Flowers. oil on canvas.

Grant Haffner - Almost Home (Route 191), 2021

WAR! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? HUH! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Tom Thomson - Ice in Spring, 1916

Dorothy Vera - The Gift of the Earth, n.d

Tom Thomson - 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳, 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 1916

Michael O'Toole - Soft Morning West Coast Trail, 2001

CalEPA predates the EPA and therefore has the legal right to set its own standards. Moreover, the other 49 states have the right to pick and choose between them. Trump is pounding sand on this file.

Plug-in panels can sit on a balcony, in a backyard, or hang out a window. They collect energy from the sun and feed electricity into a home through a regular outlet, displacing electricity that otherwise would come from the grid. "[Utilities] don't want anyone messing with their business model."

Lawren Harris - The Pines, 1925

Paul Cézanne - Houses in the Green, 1881

Anna Syperek - Little Red Cabin in Lanark, 2019

The Bastards want to destroy the entire ANWR Coastal Plain, and the entire Porcupine caribou herd with it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“The whole past philosophy has been to cut [ancient cedar trees] all down because they aren’t worth anything for lumber,” because they are often hollow. That one sentence highlights all that is wrong with the 74-year old BC Forest Act that prioritizes access to fiber over all other values.

I have long wondered about BC Hydro's infatuation with its namesake energy source. British Columbia's geology provides ample geothermal energy opportunities that have been ignored.

When giant tech firms gain control of food systems people die.

When cigar gnashing zealots gain control of protective agencies people die.

When private equity gains control of infrastructure people die.

Tom Thomson - 𝘐𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬, 1914