Wish we could report otherwise. Story From the highly-conservative San Diego Union-Tribune (which nonetheless has published a good deal of interesting weather and climate reporting in recent years). The amount of greenhouse gases emitted by last week’s blazes in Southern California equal that of roughly 500,000 cars traveling on the road for one year, accordingContinue reading “Feedback Loop of the Week”
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Farm Bill: Bad for Your Health, Bad for the Planet
A tough, funny little ad from a doctor’s group takes a wide stance against the fattening of America at taxpayer’s expense. "Dirty Little Secret," it’s called and it’s worth thirty seconds of your time. Hat-tip to McClatchey, which ran the story on the issue (and the Farm Bill, which is a huge bill that deservesContinue reading “Farm Bill: Bad for Your Health, Bad for the Planet”
Nature: Kyoto Is Over, but Crisis Continues
So says Nature. Oxford economist Gwyn Prins and scientist Steve Rayner, writing for the famous English publiciation, call for a post-Kyoto "silver buckshot" approach that sounds a lot like what is happening in England right now: …labelling of consumer products; market instruments, such as emissions trading; and market stimuli, such as procurement programmes for cleanContinue reading “Nature: Kyoto Is Over, but Crisis Continues”
No Impact Man Makes a Splash
This writer sets out to reduce his footprint to near-zero, gets a book deal with FSG. Movie deal in the works. Supports Four Seasons-loving wife in NYC. (Where have I gone wrong?) But he does make sense quoting a "happiness writer" at UC Riverside named Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky: "Perhaps the most common error is thatContinue reading “No Impact Man Makes a Splash”
Neil Young — Live, from Last Week
A radio station (Rust Radio) devoted to Neil Young is playing his live shows — from the last two weeks of his latest "intimate" tour! The audio quality is first-rate, and he’s quite chatty. Sometimes I just love the Internets…
The Fire Approaches
From an big collection of community photographs put up by the Ventura County Star. In this one, the Magic Fire (near Magic Mountain) is seen moving towards the Ventura county line.
Quote of the Week (unfortunately)
More on the Sixth Extinction, with assessments for food, water, climate, and other questions as well: "There are no major issues for which the foreseeable trends are favorable." United Nations: Global Environmental Outlook(Source: Scientific American) Time for a new category: Doom and Gloom? Wait, SciAm has already been there…
How Fires Are Fought Today — by the LA Times
This is just one of a whole series of remarkably informative and well-thought-out graphics run by the Los Angeles Times in the last week. If you want to learn about fire today, take a look. An example:
Andy Revkin on The Sixth Extinction
The problem with information and the Internet is, if anything, an oversupply. On any given issue are far too many links, papers, voices, banners; much more than anyone sane could possibly desire. The problem with information and the radio is the opposite: one is always missing something, hoping for something, overhearing something that might possiblyContinue reading “Andy Revkin on The Sixth Extinction”
The Dick Cheney Sleeps Through CA Wildfires
CNN catches the Vice-President sleeping through a cabinet meeting devoted to the California wildfires. He looks so cute when he’s asleep! His hands folded, like a baby. Well, I guess we know what he’s really doing at his "undisclosed location." Napping.
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