Is is possible to judge a book by its title? Roger Pielke, Jr. believes so. But he’s making much ado of nothing in this post, which Marc Morano has, ironically, turned into a splashy and hugely misleading headline on Climate Depot. Here’s the quick background: at Seed magazine, Michael Mann participated in a forum on…Continue Reading…
Yeah, the catastrophe card is played by both sides, that’s for sure.
The indispensable one, boxed into a corner by Roger Pielke, Jr., and The Breakthrough Institute, does something rare: Yes, my thinking on rip-offsets has evolved, primarily because I have spent the last few months talking to leading experts, domestic and international, including the chief climate negotiator for a major European country. As one reader to…Continue Reading…
This observation on human behavior by a park ranger is something to think about next year at Yosemite or Yellowstone, when guns in national parks potentially become as ubiquitous as water bottles: People don’t leave their problems at home when they go to recreate.
One archaeologist has a bold plan to take back his profession from Hollywood and The History Channel: The ghost of Indy is hard to stamp out. Everywhere archaeologists gather, we complain about how archaeology is portrayed in pop culture: it’s sensationalistic, cheesy, misleading, schlocky! It gives people the wrong impression of what archaeology is. This…Continue Reading…
Last summer, Bill McKibben argued in Orion magazine that global warming is essentially a literary problem. A technological and scientific challenge, yes; an economic quandary, yes; a political dilemma, surely. But centrally? A crisis in metaphor, in analogy, in understanding. We haven’t come up with words big enough to communicate the magnitude of what we’re…Continue Reading…
Joe Romm rarely disappoints. Nary a day goes by when he isn’t showcasing his intolerance, inconsistency, and disaster fetishism. Let’s highlight the most recent best of the worst, starting with the bile he spewed on Friday to kick off the long holiday weekend. You won’t find any disgust expressed by Climate Progress readers (or such…Continue Reading…
Here’s a recipe for Memorial Day weekend madness: two boys, ages 2 and 4, two sleep-deprived parents, endless rain, long stretches in a car listening to the same three CD’s (Backyardigans, Dan Zanes, and some random Micky D’s happy meal compilation that includes a Cindy Lauper classic.) Incredibly, we decided to extend the insanity by…Continue Reading…
Sure, Waxman-Markey has left the station, and that’s going to be reason enough for cap and trade fence-sitters to hop on. But as Grist’s Kate Sheppard reminds us, the ride is going to get pretty rough, with plenty of agonizing stops along the way. So with that in mind, if anybody wants to hop off,…Continue Reading…
I’ll probably end up a male version of Ruth Gordon’s famous character, eating Froot Loops with Coke. But this approach, as reported in the NY Times, seems the way to go: “We play for blood,” says Ruth Cummins, 92, before taking a sip of Red Bull at a recent game.