Hello from the shores of Lake Placid!
Actually, I’m closer to Saranac Lake, but the house I’m staying at this week in New York is a short drive from Lake Placid and I’m loving the coincidence of being near this historic Olympic town for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. It’s been a beautiful place to work from this week, with cooler temps than we get in the DMV and certainly prettier views than my normal home office desk serves up. Scroll to the end to get a glimpse of what I’m looking at as you’re reading this message.
Coming soon to a bookstore near you!
Have you pre-ordered your copy of Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics yet? Did you know that pre-orders are very good for authors, especially first time authors like yours truly?
Fun fact: It takes about 10,000 book sales to make it onto the best seller list! More than 10,000 people get this email. Author math concludes that if every one of you bought a copy, or half of you bought two, you’d easily push me onto the list and secure my forever legacy as a best selling author!
If you love this newsletter, you will love the book. As an early reader recently noted: I can hear your personality in the pages and I love the way you take complex policies and processes and make them riveting even for someone who isn’t a policy wonk.
Here are some links to purchase Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics
Walmart (on sale!)
East City Bookshop (where Bob and I will appear on August 8th– even if you aren’t in DC, you can attend virtually)
And if you buy one for yourself and one for a family member, I will send you a bookplate (a nifty way to sign from afar) personalized to you and to the recipient! Just send me a screenshot of your receipt, the names to write the bookplates out to, and the best address to use!
Thank you for your support!
World’s Hottest Days 🥵
First, last Sunday, July 21st, marked the hottest day on the planet ever. Then Monday said “hold my beer” and beat that record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service in Europe.
“What is truly staggering is how large the difference is between the temperature of the last 13 months and the previous temperature records,” Copernicus’ director, Carlo Buontempo, said.
2024 is projected to be the hottest year on record.
Speaking of hot… read on ⬇️
This week’s must read: Climate Change: The Great Thaw (Real Clear Energy) She’s at it again, folks. Our most prolific EcoRight contributor Mary Anna Mancuso is concerned about recent news that Antarctica is melting at a rate unexpected by scientists.
“Antarctica, not a top of mind tourist destination, but critically important as Earth’s largest refrigerator, is thawing, in recent years undergoing massive changes on land, in the surrounding ocean and atmosphere, signaling what glaciologists are calling a “regime shift” as glaciers slide toward the seas,” she writes. “As the ice sheets in Antarctica melt, sea levels will rise disproportionately in the northern hemisphere where most of humanity lives. For context, the Antarctic ice sheet covers an area larger than the United States and Mexico combined. With less sea ice, more water is exposed to the sky and because the water is darker than the ice, it absorbs more heat and accelerates warming, making it the ultimate feedback loop.”
REGISTER: National Clean Energy Week
The agenda is up, so don’t forget to register for the policymakers symposium! This is the 8th annual National Clean Energy Week—held this year from September 23-27, and it never disappoints. Our friends at Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions put on a great event.
Thanks for reading! See you next week, where, sadly, I will no longer have the below view to inspire my work!
