More heat emergencies. More wildfires. The hottest ocean temps in recorded history. It can be easy to despair about the state of the world that we all share. Or give up hope completely.

But a recent New York Times article gave cause — causes actually — for optimism, and I’ll take all the good news I can get.

Sorry about the paywall thing… FWIW, cheapskates like me avoid it by using a free day pass from the public library. The Cincinnati Library one is here.

Here are a few choice excerpts:

Coal: it’s only for bad kids’ Christmas stockings.

Bob Dylan was right – the answer is blowin’ in the wind!

Without a doubt, we’re still in a crisis. The planet is in peril. But the winds of change are blowing, and we might be seeing the dawn of a new day (and capturing those solar rays in the process). Go Team Earth!