The Nation has just posted my article on climate change and the super-storm that has devastated New York City and much of the East Coast, “Hurricane Sandy As Greek Tragedy,” at: http://www.thenation.com/article/170918/hurricane-sandy-greek-tragedy/.

A key snippet: Sandy is short for Cassandra, the Greek mythological figure whose warnings about the future were fated to be ignored. But America might still avoid Cassandra’s curse if its citizens break the stranglehold that Big Oil exercises over their government in Washington.

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