Big bug traps go up in the city’s two most famous green spaces. It sounds simple, almost quaint, but it’s a serious scientific hunt. A new species. Or at least the possibility of one.
This little project exposes something ugly about modern philanthropy. Big money doesn’t just flow to the most pressing crises, it flows to the shiny, novel things. The contradiction sits right in the center of environmental giving today. We fund the weird, not always the urgent.
“The contradiction at the core of big money environmental giving.”
Meanwhile, the rest of the planet is shifting beneath our feet. Coal’s century-long reign as the top power source? Dead. Finished. Bryan Walsh points out the era is over. No more smokestack dominance. The question now is what we do with that vacuum. The answer, naturally, depends entirely on us. Terrifying. Exciting. Mostly terrifying.
So where should politics focus? Climate expert Matt Huber argues Democrats might be looking at the wrong thing. He says they should pivot, address other issues. It’s a counter-intuitive take for a crisis that demands every ounce of attention, but hear him out. Why do we fixate only on the climate lever when other gears are stuck?
If you’re looking for escape from the political grind, look inward. Not literally. The National Park Service oversees over 400 sites, yet most people ignore the hidden gems tucked between the famous ones. Ariana Aspuru and Sean Ramewaram mapped them out. Quiet places. Less crowds. Real peace, maybe.
We catch bugs. We kill coal. We find quiet parks. Does any of this actually add up?
