And most of all, they shared this sense of screw-it frustration about their fellow Americans’ blithe reaction, in the face of overwhelming evidence (some of which they have personally gathered), to impending environmental doom. “Honestly, after a while, you feel like saying, ‘I surrender. It’s not worth it,’” Dr. Molson says. “So to have Rowan say, ‘Screw it, let’s get drunk’ . . . well . . .” She laughs and doesn’t finish the thought. “Oh, I get that,” Dr. Poole says. “You bang your head against a wall screaming, ‘We’ve got to do something,’ and what does your country do? Vote in a bunch of
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