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Go to http://boulderrightsofnature.org/ and click on resources and then books

David George Haskell's new book fascinates me. He tells of the music and songs of trees and rivers: the sounds of rain on different leaves, the wind in the upper leaves of the ceibo trees, the calls of bromeliad frogs, of parrots, of insects, monkeys, crested owls, spectacled owls, tawny screech owls, and tinamou. He recounts the pain of a bullet ant bite. He relates that " good and harmonious life" with reciprocity and solidarity" Listen to the trees as you walk amongst them and as you dream. He describes the tension as local communities fight against the oil companies and consumerism in the Ecuadorean forests.

http://www.ehn.org/er-visits-for-asthma-dropped-38-the-year-after-one-of-pittsburghs-biggest-polluters-shut-down-2566777141.htmlAssthma

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/08/weedkiller-tests-monsanto-health-dangers-active-ingredient

It appears that melted Antartica glacier fresh water is creating a top layer of less dense cold water, preventing the usual sinking of cold dense salt water, which usually stores heat and CO2 deep into the depths of the ocean. The lack of the usual sinking of the dense cold salt water may weaken ocean currents too, as seems to be happening in the northern hemisphere off of Greenland and Iceland.

/www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/23/one-of-the-most-worrisome-predictions-about-climate-change-may-be-coming-true/?utm_term=.70066f4a7367

Editorial cartoonist Toles says people have to demand action, not just support action. And that the media must quit just pretending there are two sides to the issue of climate change. And politicians must quit being bought off.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/04/24/which-tips-first-runaway-climate-change-or-public-demand-for-action/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.afb137d39c3b