Newspapers around the country yesterday reported on what sounded like a break-through deal to restore the salmon to the Klamath River region in northern California and Southern Oregon. Eric Bailey of the Los Angeles Times wrote: The $1-billion plan proposes to end one of the West’s fiercest water wars by reviving the Klamath River’s flaggingContinue reading “A Breakthrough Deal — or Face-Saving Announcement?”
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Salad vs. Big Mac: Why Is Beef Cheaper?
Ezra Klein, who has an enviable knack for finding graphs, comes up with a great one showing why beef is too cheap, and salad too expensive. One word: Congress.
Andy Revkin on The Sixth Extinction
The problem with information and the Internet is, if anything, an oversupply. On any given issue are far too many links, papers, voices, banners; much more than anyone sane could possibly desire. The problem with information and the radio is the opposite: one is always missing something, hoping for something, overhearing something that might possiblyContinue reading “Andy Revkin on The Sixth Extinction”
Diamond-Mining in Canada: Climate Change Hits A New Boomtown
Great story and conversation from Steve Inskeep of NPR, who recounts going to Yellowknife, Canada, on the edge of the Arctic Circle, which has become a boomtown thanks to diamond-mining..a boomtown now threatened by climate change. (National Public Radio helpfully provides a transcript and a slide-show.) But one of the charms of NPR is theirContinue reading “Diamond-Mining in Canada: Climate Change Hits A New Boomtown”
Editorial vs. News: The Wall Street Journal Contradicts Itself on Global Warming
The Wall Street Journal is universally admired among journalists for its news and analysis; for its editorial page, not so much. A spectacular example of the latter’s ability to mislead appeared yesterday, under the cute title Not So Hot, in which the anonymous editorializers adroitly attacked NASA, environmentalists, climate change models, and climatologists James HansenContinue reading “Editorial vs. News: The Wall Street Journal Contradicts Itself on Global Warming”
Washington Post Reports Odd Outbreak of “Wild Weather” in Europe
Today the Washington Post runs a front-page story reporting on "wild, wild weather" in Europe this summer, with floods in England, killer heat in Greece, fires in the Canary Islands, and unseasonable cold in Paris — and doesn’t even mention the possibility of a connection to climate change! Shameful. Yes, weather is not the sameContinue reading “Washington Post Reports Odd Outbreak of “Wild Weather” in Europe”
Leader of UK Sees Climate Change in England Floods
According to a story in the BBC, Gordon Brown, the newly-appointed Prime Minister, has with other officials in his government attributed the "extraordinary" flooding in England this year to climate change. Mr Brown, in his No 10 press briefing, said climate change meant planning had to presume more extreme weather events. That included boosting urbanContinue reading “Leader of UK Sees Climate Change in England Floods”
The Upside of Global Warming
Some winners, according to the Associated Press: GHENT, N.Y. — It’s not in Al Gore’s PowerPoint presentation, but there are some upsides to global warming. Northern homes could save on heating fuel. Rust Belt cities might stop losing snowbirds to the South. Canadian farmers could harvest bumper crops. Greenland may become awash in cod andContinue reading “The Upside of Global Warming”
Bad and Good at the LA Times
The Los Angeles Times recently lost one of its best science reporters, Robert Lee Hotz, to The Wall Street Journal. For those of us in SoCal, it’s a shame: Hotz had been doing a first-rate job reporting on climate change issues, from places like Greenland, on the front page. Now he’s doing a first-rate jobContinue reading “Bad and Good at the LA Times”
Washington Press Corps Does Ask a Question About Global Warming
Following hints that Tony Blair has dropped repeatedly, a White House reporter named Sheryl (perhaps Sheryl Stolberg of the NYTimes) does ask a question about climate change. My mistake. To wit: Q Scott, Tony Blair, in an interview with the BBC, apparently said that we might see, "the beginnings of action on global warming andContinue reading “Washington Press Corps Does Ask a Question About Global Warming”
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