The planet isn't dying. Lots of things have gone extinct. We killed most of them. The final act will be when humans go extinct because of us. But that's not the planet dying. It has survived mass extinction before and it will again. I hope whatever life comes next is a better steward of the planet than us.

Here is the true tragedy, my friend. Roughly nine men are doing this. A very small handful of people. If you are truly sad about what's happening, maybe you could write about who is doing it. And why. And what we can do while there's still time.