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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

Blind Elephants

Republicans Can Lead On Climate…If They Open Their Eyes

 |  Oct 20, 2010

When politicians take pains to miss the point, are they really being leaders? The parable of the blind men and the elephant is near and dear to many a cartoonist’s … Read more

Will Global Warming Doom the Pacific Walrus?

,  |  Oct 14, 2010

I was a little boy when I checked a book called The Son of the Walrus King out of the local public library and fell so in love with its … Read more

Power Grab

Cheap Shot: Polluters Cry ‘Power Grab,’ Attack Crucial U.S. Conservation Rules

 |  Oct 13, 2010

The EPA is moving to regulate the carbon pollution that drives global warming. It’s about time, right? Read more

Win-win Action on Vehicles under the Clean Air Act

 |  Oct 8, 2010

Last Friday, EPA and NHTSA released a framework to improve fuel economy and cut global warming pollution from cars and light trucks through 2025. The public has a first opportunity … Read more