US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge

[MerryBlooms]

1. Sigh. Well, I'm going to keep doing my part.

I am in scorching southern Oregon. I don't drive with my a/c on unless my elderly sister is with me. Our house a/c is set at 74, because that's what she's comfortable with. We had our heat pump system tuned up today, so we're operating fine.

I am conserving water. I am frustrated and angry when I drive home from work seeing two gas stations I pass by, watering their patches of lawn at 4:15pm! The water is not only evaporating, but running into the gutter and being wasted. I will continue to do my part, but I am angry and tired. Tired of wasteful jackholes thinking everything is okay, as long as water is coming out of their sprinklers and faucets. Sick of seeing people driving with their a/c on when it's early morning and only 70 or so outside. The complete disregard of the importance of our environment in southern Oregon is criminal. My gosh, we have downy baby hawks jumping from their nests to escape the heat! It's hell on earth here! The fires are raging, untold losses of wildlife... I am heartbroken. Yet, the most important thing in Jackson county was July 4th fireworks and now the bs shitfest of a country fair starting this week. Torturing the animals in the 4H exhibits during extreme heat. Sorry for the rant, but I am just fed up to my eyeballs!