Moonrise on the I-10 just past Blythe. Going to Phoenix for the annual American Meteorological Society convention. More soon on resilience and the future of the American Southwest.
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Trees, by M.S. Merwin
Tree people (you know who you are) should be aware of a book published this year by Nalini Nadkarni, about our intimate connection to trees, called Between Earth and Sky. Nadkarni is an unusual and interesting figure. As a girl growing up in suburbia she loved to climb trees. As a young woman, after a brief tourContinue reading “Trees, by M.S. Merwin”
No Need to Panic over Methane Hydrates: CO2 is Worry Enough…Some Say
Such is the message from an excellent story in Salon by Kristen Weir, organized around an upcoming panel at the American Geophysical Union on methane hydrates in permafrost and deep ocean sites. Weir writes: Methane hydrates aren't unusual, astronomically speaking. They exist on Mars, inside comets, and on at least a couple of Saturn's frostyContinue reading “No Need to Panic over Methane Hydrates: CO2 is Worry Enough…Some Say”
The Closed-Door President
Has this ever happened before in American electoral history? President Bush is so unpopular that he has not appeared in public in a single event in support of a Republican candidate this election year. According to CBS News: Not once this year has President Bush appeared in public at a campaign rally for the RepublicanContinue reading “The Closed-Door President”
Out of Limbo, Back on the (virtual) Road
Okay everybody, thanks for your patience. Typepad broke through the logjam after a week and a half, discovering that the change in the graphics program they instituted had a downstream consequence. An inactive setting on the domain link between the official site and its Typepad posting version was preventing new posts from going up; theyContinue reading “Out of Limbo, Back on the (virtual) Road”
Obama Credits John McCain with a Good Idea
From his straightforward vision for the short-term economy statement from Monday 10/13/08: “At a time when the ups and downs of the stock market have rarely been so unpredictable and dramatic,” Mr. Obama said, “we also need to give families and retirees more flexibility and security when it comes to their retirement savings.” Mr. ObamaContinue reading “Obama Credits John McCain with a Good Idea”
The Burden of Freedom
"Unless a man has the taqlents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual? We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, "to be free of freedom." Eric Hoffer — TheContinue reading “The Burden of Freedom”
Guitar Lake: Wish I Was There
CIMG0290 Sunset At Guitar Lake, originally uploaded by Aaron Siladi. Well, here it is vacation, and I’m going to be staying at home…here’s one of the places I wish I was, Guitar Lake, on the back (western) side of Mt. Whitney, at about nine thousand feet. Not the greatest camping spot, in truth, a littleContinue reading “Guitar Lake: Wish I Was There”
Polar Cities: Wussies Need Not Apply
My equaintance Danny Bloom — following up on the Polar Cities idea first proposed by James Lovelock–was spotlighted this week by Andy Revkin in The New York Times. Glad to see Danny’s hard work getting some attention. My favorite comment on his concept, which, simply put, is that if we don’t change our lifestyles, we’reContinue reading “Polar Cities: Wussies Need Not Apply”
“We’re in the Lead in Global Climate Change”
Addressing a renewable energy conference in Washington today, the Prez said: "America is in the lead when it comes to energy independence; we’re in the lead when it comes to new technologies; we’re in the lead when it comes to global climate change — and we’ll stay that way." Bush threw out some big roundContinue reading ““We’re in the Lead in Global Climate Change””
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