The Price of a Vote
Senate Republicans want to give you a hundred dollars before you go to the polls and vote on their performance this November. This is a frightening attempt to buy your …
Capture Carbon on Campus by Restoring Habitat
(Left) University of Central Florida in Orlando commits to a fire program over the next five years that will reduce harmful fuel loads and restore native Florida habitats. Campus habitats …
Rush Limbaugh and Global Warming
I see where conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh signed a plea agreement for misleading several doctors who gave him pain killers. I wonder what kind of plea agreement Limbaugh will …
George Will and Global Warming
Unknowingly, George Will has written perhaps the best rebuttal so far to his own distorted view of global warming science. In his April 2 column (“Let Cooler Heads Prevail”) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/31/AR2006033101707.html …
Environmental Education Works
I had an Earth Day surprise while attending the Montana Wildlife Federation’s annual meeting in Helena. A man with a baby daughter approached me and asked if I remembered him. …
Climate Sensitivity
A recent Duke study published in the which assumes a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations, concludes with greater confidence than ever that climate change will almost certainly fall within the …
Shadowed Pathways
I have long been troubled by the mounting scientific evidence warning of enormous and unprecedented ecological threats presented by global warming. Now we see the very beginnings of the predicted …
A Nation of Slugs and Couch Potatoes
Ding Darling, the founder of National Wildlife Federation would often say, “ten thousand stallions unconnected cannot move a baby carriage.” Darling was a movement builder who believed in the power …
A Matter of Perspective
After waiting some time for a mechanical repair to be made to our airplane, the pilot came on the intercom and put our frustrations in perspective, “folks, it’s far better …
