JAM 1 THREADS

THREAD 2: Over the last year alone, we have witnessed, and or experienced devastating effects of climate change as a result of our neglect or abuse of the environment. Situations such as fires in California, Brazil, and Australia, flooding and hurricanes in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, North Carolina, and Indonesia; water infrastructure degradation and neglect in Flint and Newark, PFAS proliferation, mine disasters, and Black Lung Disease in mining communities, federal policy change proposals such as the one put forth this week to modify the NEPA and eliminate the need to evaluate large scale projects on the basis of Environmental Impact, the rollback of EPA regulations and information to the public, and on and on, etcetera and etcetera. Action to mitigate current emergencies and creative and innovative planning for the future are necessary, but where does the responsibility lie?