WASHINGTON—In an unexpected reversal that environmentalists and scientists worldwide are calling groundbreaking, President George W. Bush, for the first time in his political career, openly admitted to the existence of carbon dioxide following the release of the new U.N. Global Environment Outlook this October. "Carbon dioxide, a molecule which contains one atom of carbon bondedContinue reading “Prez Concedes Important Global Warming Fact”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
War is Over (If You Want It)
A very merry Christmasand a happy New Yearlet’s hope it’s a good onewithout any fear…
The Rain for the Next Three Months
From Klaus Wolter. It’s experimental, but well-informed.
Ex Exxonian Still Doubts Climate Change
Lee Raymond ran ExxonMobil back in the days not so long ago when it was raking $25 billion a year and, purely by coincidence, adamantly denying the reality of climate change. Now Raymond has taken his $400 million retirement and moved on. Interesting, even Raymond doesn’t believe in "clean coal." Discussing a new study byContinue reading “Ex Exxonian Still Doubts Climate Change”
California to Sue EPA — Again
After the once-proud protector of the environment, the EPA, today rejected California’s right to regulate tailpipe emissions to control greenhouse gases, probably as a payback to industry support for the just-signed Federal bill, reactions came swiftly from California: "Extremely disappointing," said Governor Schwarzenneger. "Disgraceful," said Dianne Feinstein, Senator. "Absurd," said Edmund Brown, Attorney General, whoContinue reading “California to Sue EPA — Again”
The Perfect Rain
Everyone in their right minds respects "nature," but days like today I not so much respect it as love it. We wouldn’t be here were it not for the essential generosity of the universe (call it God or what you will), and today came the perfect rain — steady (over an inch so far inContinue reading “The Perfect Rain”
James Hansen: Points of No Return Ahead
For the last few years, James Hansen, the man who first warned Congress of global warming in testimony last century, and the man considered NASA’s "top scientist" on climate questions, has been giving talks around the country asking: "Global Warming: Can We Avoid Dangerous Climate Change?" But Hansen has changed his tune: No longer doesContinue reading “James Hansen: Points of No Return Ahead”
On the Storyteller, by Doris Lessing
From her great Nobel Prize speech: Ask any modern storyteller and they will say there is always a moment when they are touched with fire, with what we like to call inspiration, and this goes back and back to the beginning of our race, to fire and ice and the great winds that shaped usContinue reading “On the Storyteller, by Doris Lessing”
Well, It’s Not Exactly a Vacation, But It’ll Have to Do
Off to the AGU fall meeting. Back early next week. Come back then, and see about me…
An Anti-Global Warming Anthem from Pete Seeger
Turns out the Climate Crisis Coalition may have found an anthem for the growing movement — written by the great Pete Seeger. We wouldn’t know, probably, if it weren’t for Andrew Revkin and his bleep-kicking Dot Earth blog, which is systematically putting the rest of us climate bloggers in the shade. But as long asContinue reading “An Anti-Global Warming Anthem from Pete Seeger”
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