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Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet is a fiction writer and conservationist serving as chief editor at the Center for Biological Diversity. Her latest novel is A Children’s Bible.

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December 7, 2020
Lydia Millet
Why Biden Should Declare a Climate Emergency
The National Emergencies Act gives the president the power to tackle global warming without Congress’s consent.
November 3, 2020
Lydia Millet
The Crushing Anxiety of the Worst Election of Our Lifetimes
This race is about the individual versus the community. And it’s a harbinger of the hard climate choices to come.
August 28, 2020
Lydia Millet
The Risk of Watching the World Burn on TV
Screens are windows but barriers too. Break away to the reality outside.
July 14, 2020
Lydia Millet
American Individualism Is My Climate Fear
The stories we tell dismiss the collective. And collective action is all that can save the planet’s many inhabitants.

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