Don Sutherland's photos with the keyword: July

Daylily Hemerocallis 'Eftihia'

07 Jul 2024 66 49 255
Daylily Hemerocallis 'Eftihia' at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—July 3, 2024

Mourning in Morning

25 Jul 2021 84 49 574
A pallid sunrise created by the wildfire smoke that originated in the western United States and Canada (Larchmont, New York)—July 20, 2021 Climate scientists have long highlighted the overwhelming evidence that greenhouse gas pollution is driving a warming of the Earth’s climate. They have long warned that extreme weather and related events—heat waves, drought, floods, and wildfires—would result from ongoing climate change. Greenhouse gas polluters knowingly attacked the truth and deliberately pushed propaganda aimed at paralyzing policy. Policy makers remained oblivious 2021 has already seen an unprecedented heat wave crash upon North America’s Pacific Northwest; unsparing drought send reservoirs in California and Utah’s Great Salt Lake to record lows; exploding wildfires and fire tornadoes pillage parts of western North America and Siberia; terrible floods ravage parts of Europe, India, Nigeria, Russia, and China; and drought-driven famine stalk Madagascar’s helpless population like vultures awaiting death. The suspects —those who bear primary responsibility for the climate catastrophes of this year and the even greater ones that lie ahead—are well-known. Yet, in many countries, policy makers remain enthralled by the siren song of those fossil fuel polluters. Many governments subsidize the expansion of these increasingly destructive enterprises and activities. People bear the enormous and growing burden of the costs and consequences of climate change. The lifeless morning of July 20 is just the latest reminder that the world is now at, and perhaps beyond, a pivotal moment. That moment requires courageous, committed, and ethical leadership that, perhaps for the first time, puts the wellbeing of society ahead of the interests of the amoral architects of destructive climate change. There is no refuge for the world’s peoples from climate change. There are no permanent resting places for the world’s peoples. The intervals between extreme events are temporary respites. Justice requires that there be no respite for the polluters. November’s COP26 conference offers the world’s leaders a renewed chance to chart a better course for humanity. Eloquent words and bold promises won’t matter. Only credible commitments anchored in enacted policy changes will matter. Examples include eliminating fossil fuel subsidies, permanently suspending the awarding of new oil and gas exploration and drilling leases, shutting down the coal industry, providing investments for rapidly building and scaling clean energy technologies, levying a fee on the greenhouse gas polluters for their pollution, and establishing binding deadlines for the transition toward achieving global net zero emissions. There still remains time for a reasonable transition. However, each day of relative inaction only squanders the slender amount of time that now separates relatively painless transition from painful disruption. The world’s leaders can still secure humanity’s future. At COP26, they should rise to the occasion. What course will they choose?

Summer Sunrise

21 Sep 2019 88 60 1316
Sunrise at San Pablo Island, Florida—July 9, 2019

Summer Evening

04 Sep 2013 202 81 8934
American Goldfinch and Black-eyed Susans (Larchmont, New York)—July 30, 2013

Oriental Hybrid Lily

07 Aug 2013 144 58 5350
A close-up of an Oriental Hybrid Lily (Lilium ‘Black Beauty’) at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—July 30, 2013

Cosmos Flowers

29 Jul 2013 274 85 20579
Cosmos flowers (Milford, Pennsylvania)—July 27, 2013

The Approach

23 Jul 2013 264 76 12251
An approaching Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly at Washington Irving’s Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)—July 19, 2013

Henry Lily

20 Jul 2013 229 78 12197
Henry Lily (Lilium henryi) at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—July 18, 2013

Île d'Orléans

17 Jul 2013 102 40 4537
View from Île d'Orléans (Quebec, Canada)—July 9, 2013

Sunset

14 Jul 2013 209 69 11598
Sunset viewed from L'Isle-aux-Coudres (Quebec, Canada)—July 9, 2013