As I write this, the number of people with COVID vaccinations is growing across the country, COVID cases are decreasing, and the CDC is relaxing their national masking guidelines. All are signs that make me hopeful that perhaps we’ll soon be emerging from the pandemic to a “new normal” life in which we can meet face to face again.
President Joe Biden has proposed a multi-trillion-dollar funding bill with strategies to control climate change at its center. The U. S. House of Representatives has passed the bill and the Senate has begun discussion of the large funding package. President Biden is hoping it will get to his desk for his signature within a few months.
An editorial about bugs caught my eye the other day. Bugs? It was an unusual topic for an editorial but this one was in a scientific journal and written by entomologists. While I don’t especially love the little creatures that bite me or damage my garden plants, I’m happy to let them coexist because I know they’re a crucial food source for birds.
The nomination of Deb Haaland for Interior Department is historic and may be redemptive. Having an Indigenous woman leading the Department of the Interior will provide an opportunity to bring the perspective of people who have cared for the land for thousands of years to a leadership position in the United States Government.
