The science on climate change is clear — so is the need for moral reckoning

Environmental journalist and author Laura Paskus considers the implications of climate change, and the need for a moral reckoning.

By: Laura Paskus

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 963

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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On the first day of March, I peered from an overlook in the direction of Lake Powell, toward the sluggish waters of the Colorado River.

Boats clung to the floating dock at Wahweap Marina, the lake a tiny shock of blue surrounded by red and brown fingers of emergent lands. I screwed a zoom lens onto the body of my camera and spotted a distant reflection upstream — a sliver, a snake, a seep …

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