Genuine conservatives (as opposed to the Bush administration) have been pointing to the need for conservation of fossil fuel supplies and innovation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for some time now, but this is really a shocker. The prominent conservative Niall Ferguson calls not just for the usual measures of reducing emissions, but for flatContinue reading “Right-Wing Shocker: Conservative Endorses Regulation to Reduce Emissions”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Pic of the Week: Kristy and John
The Secret History of the Gold Rush
One of the most interesting ecological writers today has to be Rebecca Solnit, an explorer in prose whose work is so original it’s difficult to categorize. History? Essay? Polemic? The reader has to decide for himself, or herself. Her latest journey in thought comes to us from Orion, and reads to me much like aContinue reading “The Secret History of the Gold Rush”
California Leads the Way on Air Pollution…Again
Yesterday the California legislature reached agreement on a deal to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Here’s how the Washington Post introduced the story: In stark contrast to the Bush administration’s consistent opposition to mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, California’s bill requires its industrial sectors to cut the state’s carbon dioxideContinue reading “California Leads the Way on Air Pollution…Again”
How To Be Cary Grant at an Enviro Party
Want to keep your party going? Tired of being labeled a Gloomy Gus? Need something light to say to keep that cute blonde from walking away? Here are a couple of items likely-to-charm in a Cary Grant-ish way…
Sunday Morning on the Planet (Tom Toles edition)
He’s back! Thank God.
Cynicism and Ugliness: An American Marriage
Though Hunter S. Thompson still casts a long shadow, the best ranter alive has to be James Howard Kunstler, who in a new essay breezes past Thompson and Marx and Mencken and into a realm of his own: The new stuff built all over America in the late 20th century was analogous to the contentContinue reading “Cynicism and Ugliness: An American Marriage”
Graph of the Week: GCMs Accurately Predict Ocean Heat
A first-rate post in Real Climate by Gavin Schmidt with a great graph makes clear an important point that is, I think, little understood. Climate models are not speculative; they’re checked against observations. No one doubts the complexity of the challenge, but what is not generally understood is how remarkably accurate the biggest and bestContinue reading “Graph of the Week: GCMs Accurately Predict Ocean Heat”
A Dream Down the Road
Here’s my review of this year’s Ojai Playwrights Conference. (Please ignore the little typos: Sometimes these things happen on a tight deadline.) The line that haunts me from that weekend: "Maybe the truth ain’t what you see in front of you but a dream down the road."
Maybe You Had To Be There…
From the White House transcript of today’s press conference: "THE PRESIDENT: Right, I’ve listened to them very carefully. I’m a thoughtful guy, I listen to people. (Laughter.) I’m open-minded. I’m all the things that you know I am." The press seems to think this was a joke. Everyone in D.C. today knows that Bush trustsContinue reading “Maybe You Had To Be There…”
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