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Cooking the Earth: Wildlife Deserve Better

 |  Nov 15, 2010

A few weeks ago, National Wildlife Federation’s Jim Lyon and Felice Stadler traveled to Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada to experience the devastation caused by the Canadian tar sands oil operation … Read more

Sea Ice Breakup Could Hit Polar Bears Hard in Churchill and Elsewhere

,  |  Nov 15, 2010

The polar bear is one of the earth’s most magnificent animals, and today we saw many of them here on the banks of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. Read more

Polar Bear in Churchill

Polar Bear Tours for Everyone

,  |  Nov 13, 2010

When I found out that National Wildlife Federation was sending me to the polar bear capital of the world to do some work on polar bears, I was pretty excited. … Read more

This Veterans Day, Consider The Consequences Of Our Oil Dependence

 |  Nov 10, 2010

Tomorrow, on Veterans Day, I want us to renew the fight for climate and energy action. I intend the above cartoon as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to full-throttle calls to arms … Read more

We’ve Got A Fever, And The Only Prescription Is Less Climate Change

 |  Nov 4, 2010

Discover Magazine’s cover story for the month of December—which I received yesterday, presumably because I’m some kind of fancy postal service VIP—feels like a Halloween holdover. Scary CGI mosquito, backlit … Read more

Dear New Incumbent: Help America Solve Big Problems Again, Starting With Climate Change

 |  Nov 3, 2010

Letter to a new member of Congress Dear New Incumbent- There was a time when we led the league in muscular thinking. The flattop American in square glasses and a … Read more

NASA and Eco-Schools USA – Get Your Techno On!

,  |  Nov 2, 2010

The inaugural NASA/Eco-Schools USA Climate Change Connections professional development institute is happening this week just outside of Washington, DC. Read more

What if 1/3 of Americans said there was no evidence Pearl Harbor was attacked?

 |  Nov 2, 2010

Imagine if a survey were taken in late December 1941 and it revealed that one-third of Americans believed there was no solid evidence of an attack on Pearl Harbor and … Read more

Wildlife Could Be The New ‘Homeless, Tempest-Tossed’ As Climate Change Shifts Habitats

,  |  Nov 1, 2010

According to an article in the online edition of last week’s Science News, climate-change-induced species disruption and environmental displacement is causing major headaches for officials who monitor the movements of non-native invasive wildlife. That in addition to the headaches facing the species themselves. Read more

As Emissions Rise, Weeds (And Allergies) Could Follow Suit

 |  Oct 21, 2010

The current issue of Natural History magazine features a fine story by Peter Del Tredici on the role of weeds in the modern city. The broad discussion, about the relevance of the idea of an ‘invasive’ plant in an environment where very little truly native vegetation remains, is worth your time…One of the subjects that most interests Del Tredici is the weed’s place in a world whose climate we are rapidly changing Read more