Bill Weir: ‘This Is Not Your Father’s Climate Anymore’

EXCERPT:

WEIR: "It's not just the weather. This is not your father’s climate anymore. Past is no longer prologue. And we have to get our kids, at least I'm trying to, out of the golden age of addiction and depression and distraction, and with each other in nature. The thing that excited me most policy-wise is the Civilian Climate Corps, the idea that young people from Queens and Texas and the Dakotas can get together in nature, revive ecosystems, or learn how to install heat pumps, make a decent salary while doing it, learn some skills, but mostly connect with each other outside, in real life, and get connected to these landscapes. There’s so much worth saving. There's so much left savoring right now. We just have to connect the dots between the air you can see during wildfire smoke season and the carbon dioxide and methane pollution that you can’t see, that is supercharging these unnatural disasters."