I get the frustration over the state government getting involved as it appears to just be a retaliatory move and not out of concern for the taxpayers. However let’s be honest with ourselves that 40 is a ridiculously excessive number for a council like that. I live in Los Angeles and we have 15. Don’t tell me that Nashville justifiably needs 40 people on a council. Having that many people reeks of fraud, waste, and abuse. Even 20 is reasonably too high once factoring their population.

Normally that would occur. However P22 was captured after attacking multiple pets. That is what led to this medical checkup which revealed major issues. P22 was not going to be allowed back into the wild and was going to either be euthanized or sent to a sanctuary.

People really need to stop talking about this delusional 1.5 degree target. Even if we cut all emissions today, there is a lag which keeps heating from those human-caused emissions. This ignores various natural effects as well. We will see 1.5 degrees within 20 years, perhaps years sooner, as we are seeing 0.18 degrees warming per decade since 1980 and it is likely that rate of increase will go even higher leading to more “faster than expected” phrasing as time goes on.

With that said, even 2 degrees is highly doubtful at this point even though it is still 3-4 decades away depending on actions taken going forward which are frighteningly absent right now. It isn’t a matter of preventing 2 degrees. That is going to happen. What we need to do is ensure we slow down the rate of increase as best we can because we can’t afford to see us hit 3 degrees by century’s end before we come up with and enact global solutions for sustainability. Humanity’s survival depends on that.

Not guaranteed but it is realistic that various feedback loops and tipping points have already been reached that will lead to 4 degrees within a couple hundred years. That level of warming would destroy global human civilization as we know it. Even 3 degrees would likely have that result. We will hit 2 degrees between 2-4 decades depending on what actions we take going forward. This century will determine if we make it as a species.

Same thing. It goes by multiple names.

Holocene extinction, Anthropocene extinction, and 6th mass extinction.