It's okay! Even "a lot" of it, for those who like that sort of thing. That's according to a story in the Atlantic Wire, which has made quite a splash on the Web this year for its well-chosen topics and bright, chatty style. The first expert quoted. Dr. Peter Martin, encourages the drinking of coffeeContinue reading “Coffee is good for you: The Institute for Coffee Studies”
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Thought experiment: Imagine the end of NYC by drowning
Can't really do it, can you? Don't worry, it's not you, it's us. If we can’t imagine our own deaths, as Freud insisted, how can we be expected to imagine the death of a city? From a great op-ed/essay by James Atlas. In today's New York Times, of course. With an image to match…
The little girl and the Beasts of the Southern Wild
Without doubt the movie this year that most effectively dramatized the precariousness of life on the environmental edge in these United States, including sea level rise, was Beasts of the Southern Wild. Below is a central image from that powerful film, and an explanation of a story told in glimpses. You can't take your eyes ofContinue reading “The little girl and the Beasts of the Southern Wild”
McKibben stands up for the climate against Obama admin
Bill McKibben vs. Obama administrators: In March, 2009, the White House invited leaders of environmental organizations to a meeting. The invitees thought they were going to hear about the president’s strategy on climate change, in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December. And they did — aides to theContinue reading “McKibben stands up for the climate against Obama admin”
Cutting government in a time of “natural” disasters
Krugman has some words for it (Sandy vs. Katrina): Consider, in particular, the history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Under President George H. W. Bush, FEMA became a dumping ground for unqualified political hacks. Faced with a major test in the form of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the agency failed completely. Then Bill ClintonContinue reading “Cutting government in a time of “natural” disasters”
Climate change is like leprosy to the GOP: Untouchable
When Timothy Egan is good, he is great: Climate change is to the Republican base what leprosy once was to healthy humans — untouchable and unmentionable. Their party is financed by people whose fortunes are dependent upon denying that humans have caused the earth’s weather patterns to change for the worse. From, of course, TheContinue reading “Climate change is like leprosy to the GOP: Untouchable”
Nation suddenly realizes global warming is just going to be a thing that happens from now on
NEW YORK—Following Hurricane Sandy’s destructive tear through the Northeast this week, the nation’s 300 million citizens looked upon the trail of devastation and fully realized, for the first time, that this is just going to be something that happens from now on. From The Onion, of course. My fav part is the concluding quote: “RightContinue reading “Nation suddenly realizes global warming is just going to be a thing that happens from now on”
Denier at Watts Up with That: Sandy not really a hurricane
At climate change denier central, Watts Up with That, Willis Eschenbach wrote on Monday: I had said a couple of days ago, when Sandy was a hurricane, that it would not be a hurricane when it hit the coast. How did that go? Well, as of the time that this location and projection of the pathContinue reading “Denier at Watts Up with That: Sandy not really a hurricane”
“Every hurricane is a fluke” — Atmospheric scientist
"Every hurricane is a fluke, to some degree," said Adam Sobel, an atmospheric scientists at Columbia in New York, in a fascinating discussion around the question: Is New York becoming a hotspot for tropical cyclones? Short answer (from Will Oremus) is: No. Here, via Wikipedia Commons, is an image of hurricane tracks in the Atlantic, 1851-2005. HowContinue reading ““Every hurricane is a fluke” — Atmospheric scientist”
Hurricane Sandy has a question for our politics
Toles frames the question: Eugene Robinson follows up: The words “climate change” were not spoken during the presidential debates. Hurricane Sandy wants to know why. Or, as Terry Tempest Williams tweeted: So ironic: no mention of Nature or wildness in the presidential debates and now, it is commanding force in chief. We are forced toContinue reading “Hurricane Sandy has a question for our politics”
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