Did anyone else shake their head in confusion while reading yesterday’s uneven NYT editorial on climate change politics and policy? It starts off remarking that that Congress has no “plausible strategy for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions” and then duly notes that the Waxman-Markey bill is not as strong as needed, but is a start….Continue Reading…
Turkey is playing a high-stakes game with Iraq, using water to advance its national security interests. Will Rogers at the Natural Security blog has nicely sized up this fascinating new wrinkle–yet another example of the emerging nexus between between international relations and environmental resources: If Turkey is successful in getting Iraq to crack down on…Continue Reading…
Via The Wildlife Society blog, we learn of a new study that shows birds in Australia are shrinking because of warmer temperatures. Of course, there’s always a silver lining: Scientists commenting on the study said this was both good news and bad. It was “alarming”, they said, that global warming may be causing evolutionary change, but…Continue Reading…
There seems to be lingering anger and bewilderment over the FBI’s conduct in the June arrests of 16 suspected pothunters in Blanding, Utah. In my own reporting on this story, it’s one of the angles I covered here and here. Since then, I’ve been surprised to see that some authorities and former prominent government officials…Continue Reading…
While I’m in a NY state of mind, here’s something I’ll have to remember.
So your kids don’t get sprayed with pesticides while waiting for the school bus. I say this jokingly, as someone who doesn’t understand the homeschooling phenomenon. But on a related note, this LAT story has got me thinking to a week from today, when I will be back in Brooklyn and probably at war with…Continue Reading…
I am a huge fan of Foreign Policy magazine’s website. In addition to their terrific roster of bloggers, they put up a treasure trove of original content every day. I’m convinced they’ve hit on a successful journalistic formula. The lively mag site on the web is a different animal from the print version. The two…Continue Reading…
As I mentioned here, enviros and climate advocates have gotten all starry-eyed about unconventional natural gas. But the Oil Drum says that the future of natural gas production is a puzzle. In fact, pointing to this recent article, TOD suggests that some caution is in order.
The pothunting story in Utah that has captured my attention is actually just one tentacle of a sprawling illegal antiquities investigation across the Southwest. I’ve known this for some time, having talked to various dealers snared in the federal sting operation. None of them have been arrested so their role has gone largely unmentioned in…Continue Reading…
Has anybody noticed that Sarah Palin and Joe Romm are walking hand in hand across a certain bridge? To be fair, many environmentalists and progressives are suddenly scrambling aboard this bridge too. Those in the West who have endured the latest drilling boom must find the bi-partisan lovefest for shale gas a bit jarring. Strangely,…Continue Reading…