Temperatures are rising twice as fast in the Arctic region as in the rest of the world—a crisis that has rendered the area a laboratory for global cooperation and the transition to more sustainable practices.
The president plans to use the muscle and vast resources of the federal government to intervene in electricity markets, speed the growth of solar and wind energy, and foster technological breakthroughs in clean power.
What many of us have witnessed this fire season feels alive and monstrous. With climate change forcing a relaxed country to stumble toward new ways of work, leisure and life, will politics follow?
