My favorite enviro post on last week’s State of the Union address comes from Mark Lynas’ dazzling UK site, on which he writes: ‘First, congratulations to George Bush for facing up to the fact that America has an oil addiction problem. Any recovering addict knows that this recognition is the first step. George gets fewerContinue reading “And the State of the Union is…Denial!”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Santa Anas in February
Although certainly not unheard of in winter, Santa Anas in Southern California were once much more common in late fall. A couple of years ago when I reported on global warming in our part of the world, a spokesperson for the Ventura County Fire Department revealed out that the VCFD had changed its policies toContinue reading “Santa Anas in February”
What We Have Here is a Failure to Imagine
From the preface of a book published this week by science writer Eugene Linden, called Winds of Change: In the late l970’s, climate specialists first started worrying about the possibility [of climate change]…but with the Iranian hostage crisis and stagflation dominating public concerns, the warning got little notice. The possibility that humans might be alteringContinue reading “What We Have Here is a Failure to Imagine”
Songs of the Year (2005)
Here are my personal top seven songs of 2005, almost all of which are available for an amazing ninety-nine cents. Most can be heard on the following artists’ sites. WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe (covered by Led Zeppelin). No point in linking to Led Zep; their songs are not availableContinue reading “Songs of the Year (2005)”
Bush Administration Stumbles Over Science…Again
This week the Bush administration called for hiring tens of thousands of science and math teachers for advanced placement classes, and also for new tax cuts and incentives for research and development in science and technology. Why? Because business executives said it was important. At Prometheus, Roger Pielke, Jr., runs down the list of corporateContinue reading “Bush Administration Stumbles Over Science…Again”
Official NASA Webpage Misleading
From the crucial RealClimate site, here’s a well-written post that puts the finger on what is wrong with the NASA website page discussing last year’s climate, the warmest in history. Not only does it strangely avoid discussing what might cause such warming, but then it actually goes on to make a weak attempt to mislead.Continue reading “Official NASA Webpage Misleading”
We Interrupt This Blog for Jill Carroll
A wonderful writer and distant friend named Gayle Brandeis passes on an idea on how we can reach out to kidnapped reporter Jill Carroll: Hi. A few of us at readerville.com are initiating a gesture of support for Jill Carroll. We don’t harbor any illusions that by doing this we will effect her release….but weContinue reading “We Interrupt This Blog for Jill Carroll”
Quote of the Day
"The director . . . of the National Hurricane Center said this was the big one," Davis said, but "when [Katrina] happened . . . Bush is in Texas, Card is in Maine, the vice president is fly-fishing. I mean, who’s in charge here?" Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.)
Graph of the Day
From the Oak Ridge National Laboratory:(via a great post by Stuart Staniford at The Oil Drum)
Speaking of Connecting the Dots…
Last night in his State of the Union address, President Bush claimed that warrantless eavesdropping was necessary in order to "connect the dots" and prevent terrorist attacks. This claim has already been challenged by the LA Times, among others, but (irony alert!) yesterday a climatologist used the same concept to explain why the administration wantsContinue reading “Speaking of Connecting the Dots…”
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