Having just relocated to Virginia from Juneau, Alaska, I have to admit that I know next to nothing about the invasive species present here. In Alaska, the worry is that … Read more
Conservation
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
