We need to show people that facing our climate future is not the end of the line. People are afraid of being paralyzed by despair. But that’s not what happens. Or, at least, that’s not what happens for long. Also, it’s critical to provide people opportunities

Too many see clearly the costs that dirty energy can impose on the environment but do not dare imagine the possibilities clean and abundant energy unlocks for

read — and re-read — Scranton’s op-ed the year it was published. It forced my first deep reckoning with the reality that we were not going to be able to “prevent” climate catastrophe, or “undoom” our civilization. It’s taken me years to accept it. In fact, I’m still trying to, because accepting it requires me to murder my hopes, or at least those h