I know this is not news to most who frequent this site, but for those lurkers and trolls out there, make no mistake… Santa’s workshop will soon sink to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. When this finally happens, it is only one of many injuries humanity will suffer due to a crime perpetrated by each and all of us through a combination of greed, ignorance, hopelessness, indifference, and most importantly, waste – wasted time, wasted resources, wasted initiative, and wasted attention.
As an environmental scientist and lawyer, I know the crime has been committed beyond a reasonable doubt, and that I played a role. Therefore, I confess, and pledge the remainder of my working and volunteer life to do what I can to ameliorate the effects of this tragedy. Should you doubt that Santa’s elves will soon require evacuation, or if you are unwilling to make the same pledge for any other reason (this is aimed at you Kossacks), I call on you to at least affirm that the day you learn the North Pole is ice-free, you will focus all of your available time, energy, and ingenuity to making what restitution we can to the next 100 generations.