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Dear EarthTalk: Is New York City really sinking? If so, is it a problem and is it a natural or human-caused phenomenon? Can anything be done about it?
—Jane B., Newark, NJ
Dear EarthTalk: What exactly is “climate migration” and is it already happening? –B.T., via email
Lonnie Carter, playwright Photo submitted
What to make of this, I am asked. A phenomenon, I reply. Kate MacKinnon, an hilarious Weird Barbie, offering Barbie/Robbie a high heel or a Birkenstock — my daughter having worn highs to her recent wedding, now exclaiming I love Birkenstocks!, before Robbie/Barbie goes off to the Real World, leaving the Perfect Barbie/Robbie World far behind.
Dear EarthTalk: Is it OK for the environment to use an electric bug zapper to keep the mosquitoes at bay in summer? —Beth L., Medford, Mass.
As the smoke from Canadian wildfires clears (literally) here in the Northeast, the awareness of climate change has risen. For the insurance industry, that knowledge has already precipitated some worrying policy changes.
Dear EarthTalk: With summer bearing down on us, are there any environmentally friendly air conditioners out there?
—Fred Johansen, Grand Rapids, MI
The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest again, even as another regional bank saw its stock price collapse. Investors are asking when enough tightening is enough.
Dear EarthTalk: Is it really bad for the planet to upgrade my phone every two years?
– A.J., Darien, CT
In the face of uncertainty over the fate of regional banks, the U.S. central bank hiked interest rates and said it would continue with its program of quantitative tightening.
As the new chair of the New York State Assembly’s Energy Committee, I am concerned, as are many of my constituents and colleagues, about how New York state will reach the ambitious renewable energy goals set forth in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) without burdening already cash-strapped New Yorkers.
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