Al Gore’s newest book, An Inconvient Truth, has been on best seller’s lists for some time and was recently nominated by 6,000 booksellers and librarians for the Quill Book of … Read more
Larry Schweiger’s Archive
Eight Thousand Petition Congress
"The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight." Theodore Roosevelt I was thinking of … Read more
Wal-Mart Green
There have been a lot of conversations about the “new green” Wal-Mart since CEO H. Lee Scott Jr. announced that he was transforming Wal-Mart into a green machine. Some skeptics … Read more
ExxonMobil-Thriving on Illusion and Confusion
During the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee made cannons out of blackened logs and marched noisy troops up an down the lines to create an illusion of much greater … Read more
Egg-Frying Weather
The Brits knew something was gravely wrong when Mark Vance, a medieval re-enactor at Warwick Castle fried an egg on the breastplate of his suit of armor. Britain shattered a … Read more
Igniting a Conservation Crusade
One of America’s best known environmental historians is an old friend from my home town of Pittsburgh. Dr. Sam Hays is the former Dean of History at Pitt University and … Read more
Are we Frying our Future?
Liberals and conservatives in Los Angeles have been burning under intense record-setting heat as triple-digit temperatures covered much of the Southwest for several days. (Woodland Hills had a record-setting 119 … Read more
Wetlands and Drinking Water: A Natural Connection
When we turn on the kitchen spigot to get a drink of water, we expect to find crystal-clear, cold, pure water. A recent decision by the Supreme Court could change … Read more
Blind Justice and Global Warming
Back in the days when Congress acted responsibly toward the environment, it passed the Clean Air Act to protect all American’s health and safety. Since that day, almost all of … Read more
Global Warming: Is Time Running Out?
In his State of the Union speech, President Bush finally admitted that America is addicted to oil. He is partly right. Actually, we are addicted to fossil fuels, which include … Read more
