the wayward whale and our changing world

I read this article about a wayward whale that came home to a group of Native Americans to die.

The article describes how the natural world can demonstrate the changes happening to our planet that we are ignoring.

I find it so interesting to read this article, to see it displayed so plainly.

There have been so many articles about the droughts and severe weather, and juxtaposed with those, some articles about Governor R. Perry suggesting that Texans pray for rain in one speech and intimating that there is no such thing as global warming in another.

I think maybe we should tell the people from Texas (and any other faithful) to pray for a leader that will be straight with them about the environment.  Someone who can think through how to balance using/extracting natural resources with techniques that do not trash the planet.  You know, someone who can be honest about the trade off between having all these oil/natural gas, etc, companies as the backbone of your economy and actually having an environment where people (and animals) can live and thrive.

Well... that is what this article made me think about ... what about you?

Photo credits:  me, now broken digital camera, Whales in Alaska, July 2008.