“She was the Joan of Arc of climate change, commanding a global army of teenage activists numbering in the millions and waging a rhetorical war against her elders through the unapologetic use of generational shame. The comparison might seem hyperbolic and may come to look even more strained than that, depending on what the future brings for Greta and for climate action. But for the moment, there is simply no other appropriate analogy from political history to draw on in describing just how much she has achieved at such a young age and in so little time.” David Wallace-Wells in NY Mag: It’s Greta’s World. But It’s Still Burning. The extraordinary rise of a 16-year-old, and her Hail Mary climate movement.

+ WaPo: Trump administration to revoke California’s authority to set stricter auto emissions standards.

+ The silenced: meet the climate whistleblowers muzzled by Trump. (At some point, they won’t have enough clear air to whistle…)