The extent to which civil society actors, political actors, businesses, youth, labour, media, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities are engaged influences political support for climate change mitigation and eventual policy outcomes.
—Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2023
On a March morning, fifty-two days into the second Trump administration, I drive west across my state to the small mountain town of Cherokee, North Carolina. I’m hoping to see the delivery of two brand-new electric school buses purchased from NC-based manufacturer Thomas Built through the Biden administration’s Clean School Bus program. Donald Trump suspended this program soon after taking office, but before that it was a $5 billion chunk of the Biden administration’s $1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure law, the largest investment in climate resilience ever made by the United States. . . .
Life by candlelight is fun at first, in a homesteading sort of way, but then suddenly there’s no way to charge your vape. And the candlewax. My god. Living in the dark was no permanent solution.
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