Iain Murray of the National Review claims to know exactly how much 3C of global warming will cost ($22 trillion) and exactly how much Al Gore’s plan to preserve the climate will cost ($44 trillion). (For the moment, let’s put aside the fact that most experts consider 3C catastrophic.) Since Al Gore’s plan happens toContinue reading “Right-Wing Denier Sees Cost of Global Warming: Businessmen at GE See Opportunity”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Global Warming News You Can Use
Some of the best climate reporting recently has come out of Seth Borenstein of (I think) the Associated Press. (His stories are so often syndicated it can sometimes be hard to tell.) Here’s his latest, which looks at climate change from a practical–comfort–angle. If you live in an area where humidity is a part ofContinue reading “Global Warming News You Can Use”
Al Gore Does the Right Thing — Again
As many expected, Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize, but in conjuction with the often-derided and dully-named Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Gore, as usual, rose to the occasion in his statement: I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This award is even more meaningful because I have theContinue reading “Al Gore Does the Right Thing — Again”
Global Warming: There Will Be Snacks
Why fight global warming when you can use it to bake cookies in your car? That’s what folks in Los Angeles are saying, now that they’ve found a way to cook delicious chocolate chip cookies on their dashboards. Somewhere Andrew Bird, a much-loved alternative rocker, must be smiling. In his droll and quite wonderful songContinue reading “Global Warming: There Will Be Snacks”
Great Bird Poem
By Steven Hind, of Kansas. Great Blue HeronBy Steven Hind Behind the pond under a whispering scarf of willows, heron does his lone knifewalk beside the wind-fretted waters. His deft movements make a death defying progress: a life of mud transmuted into sky life as he rows away on a river of air and itsContinue reading “Great Bird Poem”
Could a Lack of Arctic Ice Bring Drought to Southwest?
That’s the theory emerging from young researcher Jacob Sewall, now at the University of Virginia, as explained in this thoughtful story from Rob Krier. I hope to have a chance to take a long look for myself at this question. Three years ago, computer forecast models predicted that in 2050, the reduced ice mass wouldContinue reading “Could a Lack of Arctic Ice Bring Drought to Southwest?”
Your Own Personal Moon
James Thurber, who wrote a marvelous children’s book called Many Moons about this very idea, would be charmed by a new invention out of Russia — your own personal moon. At least, I think he would be charmed. Or, he might sue for copyright violation. Never know with a writer.
Bless the Animals — and St. Francis
Today is the feast day of one of the most revered of all Catholics, St. Francis of Assisi, and this weekend will come the famous Blessing of Animals. At Christmas, when we see a "nativity scene," what we are seeing is the American version of the Devotion of the Crib, a scene originally blessed byContinue reading “Bless the Animals — and St. Francis”
Why Bush Was Dumb to Veto SCHIP
Punditry of the Week: In vetoing reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, George W. Bush has fired the first shot in the battle over health-care reform. The likely result will be to help mobilize support for further government intervention in the health-care market, which would be a very good thing. Thank you,Continue reading “Why Bush Was Dumb to Veto SCHIP”
Hillary: Bush Declared War on Science
In a speech on the anniversary of the Sputnik launch, Hillary Clinton said today:
Fifty years ago, Sputnik marked the dawn of the Space Age and the
beginning of a new era filled with new challenges. Fifty years later,
there is no single, galvanizing event to steel our resolve and to lift
our eyes to the heavens. The challenges we face are more complex and
interconnected. From the rise of globalization to the threat of global
warming. These challenges require big ideas and bold thinking.
But instead of fostering a climate of discovery and
innovation, the Bush administration has declared war on science. The
record is breathtaking:
Kit Stolz 