by Bill Schlesinger
Motivated by a similar comparison in the Washington Post, here are my choices for what’s out and what’s in (mostly environmental) during the coming year. Cover the right-hand column and try to guess it.
Out In
Plastic Bags Paper Bags
Coal Ash Wind Turbines
Insect swarms Pollinator deficiency
Wood Bioenergy Solar power
Greenland’s ice Rising sea level
Maple trees Oak Trees
Twitted Falsehoods Science-based policy
Soil carbon credits Regenerative Farming
Gasoline Electric Vehicles
Face Masks Triple boosting
Napa Valley Wine Willamette Valley Wine
Forest fires Controlled burning
Old-growth forest Plantations
Crop surpluses Mega-droughts
Jeopardy Wordle
Melting Permafrost Methane release
Ukrainian grain African Famine
Natural habitat Loss of species
Reference Books Wikipedia
Deliberative discourse War