When I saw this recent RFKJr Huffington Post column, titled “The Fracking Industry’s War On The New York Times–And The Truth,” I tweeted: RFKJr has waged war on truth w/his anti-vax nuttery and cape wind nimbyism. If you’re unfamiliar with this history, read here and here. On Cape wind, RFKJr is simply hypocritical. But his anti-vax…Continue Reading…
Bill’s been very sick. Lissa called in September to say we wanted to come see him, but he put us off. He didn’t want us to see him that way, to remember him that way. But then he changed his mind, called Lissa in what was either a moment of great weakness or great strength,…Continue Reading…
Like most people with an internet connection, I’m plugged in to social media. But I’ve been a half-hearted participant. I find FB to be too narcissistic, so I’ve largely come to ignore it. I love twitter, but haven’t embraced it fully until a few days ago. And that’s only been because I feared getting sucked…Continue Reading…
Chris Mooney finds much to admire with this list of Steve Jobs revelations, leaked from Walter Isaacson’s forthcoming biography: He gave up Christianity at age 13 when he saw starving children on the cover of Life magazine. (AP) * He was returning from an apple farm on one of his fruitarian diets when he chose the name…Continue Reading…
As I’ve previously discussed, the most disconcerting turn in the population debate in recent times (at least in the U.S.) is the anti-immigrant factions that have co-opted it. But the approaching 7 billion mark has generated a new round of population chatter and news stories. At the Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media,…Continue Reading…
This story can BEST be told in a series of headlines, tweets, and quotes. Andy Revkin kicks it off: Skeptic Talking Point Melts Away as an Inconvenient Physicist Confirms Warming Pshaw, says Anthony Watts: The Berkeley Earth Station Surface Temperature project puts PR before peer review Leo Hickman: What a surprise: Anthony Watts is crying foul over…Continue Reading…
A scholar surveys “the sorry history of international climate policy” and wonders when enough will be enough: The road from Rio to Kyoto to Bali to Copenhagen to Cancun is littered with procrastination, obfuscation, and empty promises. For example, all major countries including the United States agreed to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…Continue Reading…
The best that can be said about this is that at least Romm had the decency to include the photo credit this time. Obviously, my comment and post struck a nerve. Why Romm doubles down and insists on associating global warming with the Somalia famine is beyond me. It’s like focusing on harsh winter weather for the freezing…Continue Reading…
Other than Stewart Brand, the U.S. doesn’t have any well-known environmentalist writers who dare to challenge conventional green wisdom. I suppose The Death of Environmentalism authors could qualify, but I consider them more wonky polemicists than writers. Andy Revkin might soon qualify, as he transitions from mainstream science reporter to environmental writer/teacher. In the UK,…Continue Reading…
This stare down between a mountain lion and a house cat happened last week, in the foothills of Boulder, Colorado. Here’s what they said: Cat: Tough luck about that glass door, eh? Mountain lion: Guess you won’t be coming out for fresh air anymore, eh? Cat: I’m cool. I don’t mind mind watching Wild Kingdom…Continue Reading…