Election season is here, and it’s looking like a Werther’s Original showdown. We’ve got a 78-year-old and an 81-year-old limbering up for the big race. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s in the mix too, but her chances of snagging the GOP nomination seem all but gone after losing the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary.
Joe Manchin, the coal-loving 76-year-old Democratic U.S. senator from West Virginia, is mulling a third-party run as an independent, adding a youthful twist to proceedings.
What is known is that climate change and the environment will be pivotal topics in the months ahead. If Trump gets back in, expect a rollback on green policies faster than you can say “greenwashing.” If Biden wins, he’ll likely keep steering his administration toward greener policies and away from fossil fuels.
Love them or loathe them, just don’t get too attached. They aren’t getting any younger.
Talking of attachment, in today’s Meltdown, we’ll discuss how a theory about romantic relationships could save the planet and how other countries are successfully using renewable energy to escape the tar-covered chains of fossil fuels.
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Months ago in The Meltdown, we very lightly mentioned how attachment theory — which is about how our childhood bonds with parents inform our romantic relationships in adulthood — could actually be a way to help the world deal with our rapidly changing climate.
“For the sake of simplicity, people who are secure, low anxiety or [low] avoidant, are the ones who are more likely to engage in pro-social behavior and be more altruistic – like caring about climate change,” Prof. Omri Gillath, professor of psychology at the University of Kansas, told Reckon. “Whereas people who are insecure in relationships, high anxiety or avoidant, are less likely to…
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