Author Archives: Kit Stolz

In a front-page story in today’s New York Times , the invaluable Andy Revkin shows exactly how the Bush adminstration White House treats news it doesn’t want to hear on climate change. Here’s a paragraph from the U.S. Global Climate Research Program’s report in late 2002: Warming will also cause reductions in mountain glaciers andContinue reading “Watching the Fox in the Henhouse”

A big oak tree — nearly three feet wide at the base, and about forty feet high — split and dropped three-quarters of its trunk in our yard last week. Our neighbor Chris Nottoli came out to look at the massive remains on the ground that night and shook his head. Just a day beforeContinue reading “If an Oak Tree Falls in Your Yard, Will It Kill You? Or Damage Your Property?”

In Yosemite, temperatures in the 80’s and rain on the snowpack threatens flooding. In Colorado, similarly, temperatures fifteen and twenty degrees above normal are melting the snowpack: water levels haven’t been this high in twenty years, according to one kayaker. And on the East Coast, it’s been a gloomy spring. The third coldest ever, accordingContinue reading “What They Say about the Weather, and What They Don’t Say”

Nuclear energy is in the headlines again, because John McCain and Joseph Lieberman are soon to float a bill proposing massive subsidies to major corporations — notably General Electric — that want to build nuclear energy plants again. Some notable enviros, such as Steward Brand, support the idea. Others, such as the National Resources DefenseContinue reading ““Too Boring for TV””

If the on-the-ground news of melting ice and permafrost in the Artic wasn’t proof enough, today a team of scientists led by James Hansen at NASA released a study comparing precise measurements of ocean temperatures against projections based on climatological models. The measurements, taken over a period of ten years, showed that the earth isContinue reading “Big News: Global Ocean Warming Proven. NASA Scientists call for action now.”