Author Archives: Kit Stolz

From "The Scotsman," a worst-case climate change scenario for the UK, in which most of the islands are under water. Of course, this scenario assumes we do nothing to slow the changing of the global climate, and that the Antarctic ice sheet melts. Probably we as a species will have enough sense to avoid thatContinue reading “The Business-as-Usual Scenario…for the UK”

"Occupations always fail." …from Tim Robbins’ character in "War of the Worlds"…

A young Swiss scientist named Ulrich Joerin and his colleagues at Institute for Geological Science at the University of Bern have been making news in climate circles with an exciting new theory. (See the well-written article from Der Spiegel: highly recommended.) Essentially, the idea is that during the last few thousand years, glaciers have comeContinue reading “The Green Alps Theory”

A flood of lawsuits from parents of autistic children and a potent piece by Robert F. Kennedy arguing that the recent upsurge in autism is linked to vaccines using a form of mercury called thimerosal (published in Salon last week, and referenced below here and in many other blogs) as a preservative has prompted aContinue reading “On Thimerosal, Says The New York Times, We Can Trust Our Doctors”

Three of this country’s best-known grandfathers are at odds on the issue that may well turn out to be the biggest news story of our time. Here’s the perspective of Vice-President Dick Cheney. Sean Hannity of Fox News asked him about global warming at the end of a flattering conversation last week. (To call itContinue reading “Battle of the Grandpas”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week posted an important story in Salon about the dangers of a common vaccine that included a form of mercury called thimerosal. It’s well-written and well-researched and anyone with kids — and especially anyone concerned about the astounding rise in autism and related disorders in recent years — should readContinue reading “Why Can’t We Believe Our Doctors?”

According to a editorial in The Wall Street Journal, global warming is a problem "a few centuries off." Developing…

In the current White House, giving lobbyists (such as Mark Rey, a former timber company official) responsibility for overseeing public lands is business as usual. But when Philip Cooney, a top official on the White House Council on Environmental Quality, was caught rewriting scientific reports on the threat of global warming and resigned, supposedly toContinue reading “White House Feels the Heat”

The Forest Service in Southern California has slightly modified its controversial Adventure Pass policy, no longer requiring the pass to be posted on cars parked at trailheads that have no facilities. "Fee opponents have some reason to celebrate.  Their efforts have led to a number of back country trailheads being dropped from the fee program,"Continue reading “The “New” Policy — Forest Service Fees for 95% of Visitors”

Last week a White House official named Philip Cooney, proven to have rewritten scientific reports on global warming by The New York Times, abrupt resigned. A White House spokesperson said he had accrued vacation time and wanted to spend it with his family. This week it was revealed he will go to work for ExxonMobil,Continue reading “Henhouse Fox Returns to Lair”