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by Christine Maccabee
On The Wild Side
“There is No Planet B”
~French President Emmanuel Macron
When I heard that the President
Macron of France was coming
to the United States to meet with
our president, I knew he had an
important agenda. I knew in my
heart that he would speak up for
the need for our country to join
with other nations to preserve the
health of our precious planet Earth,
and he did not disappoint.
True confession...I am a news
junkie. I want, and need, to know
what is going on in our country and
around the world. Having no TV, I
listen to C-SPAN quite a lot, as I do
chores or gardening projects. I like
to hear many points of view, though
not agreeing with all of them, of
course. Who does?
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A couple of weeks ago, I just
happened to be tuned in at the
very time the French president was
speaking to Congress, so I stopped
in my tracks to listen. I have always
seen Macron as a truth seeker and a
very good leader, who is not afraid
to speak truth to power, and he did
not disappoint that day! Perhaps
you heard him, too.
Young President Macron,
just thirty-nine, spoke boldly
and eloquently, explaining the
importance of us all to work
together, for “in the long run,
we will have to face the same
realities, as we are citizens of
the same planet; so we will have
to work together to ensure the
biodiversity, preserving these
health of Earth’s oceans, its critical
things for our children and their
children.”
Macron said he sees the U.S
pullout of the Paris Climate
Agreement (signed by 176 nations
in 2015) as “a short-term family
disagreement,” and that he
believes “it is the responsibility of
lawmakers to ensure leaving our
children a planet that is liveable
in twenty-five years.” With those
words, there was an immediate
loud cheer from members of
Congress, and a loud applause in
my heart, for truth recognizes truth.
This amazingly intelligent and
caring young man spoke for most
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of us, I am sure, for who does not within a few years. I have also
care for the health of the oceans,
heard that Finland is a totally
which are filled with plastic debris fossil-fuel-free nation already,
that are killing aquatic life, left employing nothing but wind and
and right? Who does not care solar; but then, these two nations
that the Polar ice caps are melting are much smaller than the U.S.,
much faster than anyone thought, with fewer wealthy fossil fuel
creating sea-level rise and confusion
magnates, so it is likely easier for
in weather patterns? And, who them to come to agreements about
does not care that our rainforests energy.
are being clear cut, destroying Still, I want to thank you,
untold diversity of plant and animal Emmanuel Macron, for lifting
habitat and necessary oxygen, our my spirits that day. I pray that
trees being the lungs of the earth? your wise leadership and earth
I am sure our children care, as do ambassadorship will create a ripple
Emmanuel Macron’s children. He in our own country towards wise
is speaking for them and for the choices in the very near future, for
Earth, as we can’t have one without there truly is “no planet B!”(at least
the other. not one that we have discovered
President Macron continued yet).
on, saying, “I believe we must
transition to low carbon economies, Christine is a Wildlife Habitat
because what is the meaning of life Naturalist and Native Plant Specialist,
if our decisions, if our jobs, are who is available for consultations.
destroying quality of life on our Write her: songbirdschant@gmail.com.
Earth? We must work together to
create new jobs, new opportunities,
so as we work [to support our
families] we are also supporting
our Earth.” Last I heard, France
is phasing out all coal-related jobs
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