After the devastating Day Fire of last fall, which burned for three weeks in the backcountry around the Sespe (river), consuming about 40 square miles of chaparral in fire, much has changed, but few have been given permission to see the burned areas. Good friends Lauren and Alisdair Coyne and a few others from KeepContinue reading “Sunday Morning on the Planet: A Different Kind of Silence”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Bush Administration Muzzles Scientists…Again
That’s according to a first-rate story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The lede: The Bush administration is ordering federal wildlife officials headed for international meetings on polar bears not to talk about how climate change and melting ice are affecting the imperiled animals. The ever-reliable Andy Revkin of the NYTimes is also on the case. HisContinue reading “Bush Administration Muzzles Scientists…Again”
The People Magazine We’d Like to See
One of many interesting covers from an on-line exhibit called "Beat the Press," in which artists were asked to put together a magazine cover they’d like to see:
The Female John Muir
The LATimes, for all its present woes, still has some wonderful writers, and one of my personal favorites is Susan Salter Reynolds, the lightest and most charming of all book reviewers alive today. Blessedly, she has a great interest in the planet. Here’s her review of three books on the environment from two Sundays ago,Continue reading “The Female John Muir”
Global Warming Splits Conservatives
When it comes to global warming, conservatism in this country is at a crossroads. Increasing numbers of business leaders, evangelicals, and conservative opinion-leaders are calling for action to reduce the risks associated with climate change, but the best-known conservatives continue to doubt the science of global warming, attack those who would act to reduce emissions,Continue reading “Global Warming Splits Conservatives”
Good News from Way Down Under
Enviornmentalists are often accused of enjoying "doom and gloom," as if those who care about nature and the planet want to see it destroyed. This makes no sense, if you think about it for a second or two. No one accuses Republicans concerned about Islamic extremism of wanting to see another 9/11. Why should environmentalistsContinue reading “Good News from Way Down Under”
How To Name a Planet-Sucking Gas Guzzler
My comedian friend Cary Odes likes to point out how many monster SUVs are named after the parts of the world they are destroying, such as the Toyota Tundra, or the GMC Yukon Denali. Well, it turns out a Seattle artist named Chris Jordan has also noted that irony, and found a way to visualizeContinue reading “How To Name a Planet-Sucking Gas Guzzler”
We Interrupt This Blog for an Oblique Comment on Morals
Specifically, on Stinson Beach, which I knew well growing up. Has it always been this way? Is this an "isolated example?" Am I being a prude? Or is this just the 21st century?
A Bum Deal
While attempting to make a living, I’m going to fall back on another sketch that Tom Toles decided wasn’t worth taking to press. We all should be so gifted. Thanks, Tom.
“We Didn’t Want to Be on the Wrong Side of History”
The obvious news on the climate change front is that "An Inconvenient Truth" won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Given his chance to speak to the fabled billion people live for fifteen seconds, Gore spoke about climate change as a moral issue, not a political issue, and said we have everything we need toContinue reading ““We Didn’t Want to Be on the Wrong Side of History””
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