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The 692-page Stern Review begins with a look at the science of climate change, for good reason, but this material will not be new to any frequent visitor to this site, so I will highlight only striking statements. The first of these comes early in the "key messages" prologue to chapter one: A warming ofContinue reading “Blogging the Stern Review: The Science of Climate Change (chapter one)”

The sharp-eyed Glenn Greenwald finds the right riposte for deniers who claim that storms–especially storms in the Northeast–disprove global warming. Well put, Mr. Greenwald! clipped from http://www.salon.com (5) Although it is a heated competition, I think the single dumbest and most intellectually dishonest rhetorical tactic — wielded most prominently by Drudge but with plenty ofContinue reading “Dumb, Dishonest Deniers”

James Inhofe, the Republican senator from Oklahoma who adamantly refuses to recognize the reality of global warming, yesterday with a hissy fit shut down the possibility of an Al Gore-affiliated rock concert on the Washington Mall in July. The idea was to raise awareness and funds to deal with the problem. Numerous such occasions haveContinue reading “The Answer to Global Warming: More Temper Tantrums”

James Fallows, in an interestingly-formatted blow-by-blow reaction to the State of the Union speech in in the Atlantic, points out that when Bush for the first time glanced at the issue of global warming in the SOTU address, noting "the serious challenge of global climate change…" Hey, what’s this? As with universal health care, DemocratsContinue reading ““The Serious Challenge of Global Climate Change””

Our beloved Djelka, in her favorite Christmas place. We’re off to Christmas in the mountains…enjoy your time away from the Internet, and I’ll be back late next week.

Richard Pombo, the anti-enviro zealot who first came to Congress in the anti-Clinton "wave" election of l994, now faces losing power in the anti-Bush wave election of 2006. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy–or a bigger liar. For the full story, check out this superb piece from the LATimes earlier this year by Bettina Boxall,Continue reading “Amazing but True: Pombo in Trouble”

As noted by Think Progress, the President has nominated for Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., Chairman of Goldman Sachs, a birdwatcher and conservationist as well as an investment banker, and a man who firmly placed his bank in support of the Kyoto Protocol treaty to reduce carbon emissions. He argues that if the U.S. ignoresContinue reading “Pro-Kyoto Treasury Secretary Nominated by President: Denialists Freak”

Ventura County in Southern California is represented in the Congress by Elton Gallegly, a Simi Valley Republican who has served for ten terms and will, after some indecision, run again in the fall. I disagree with Gallegly on many issues, but it’s a fact that he has avoided the worst excesses of the modern-day GOP,Continue reading “Moderation Can Be Useful–Even For Republicans”

Al Gore and David Blood have an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today on the topic of sustainability and accounting for environmental costs as part of good business practice, according to Environmental Economics. Unfortunately, the op-ed itself is safely locked away from public view behind a firewall, but we can glean some idea ofContinue reading “How to Change the World–By Making a Profit”

Having complimented DuPont on its impressive work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, I feel honor-bound to report the other side of the story. DuPont still is in big trouble over a carcinogenic gas known as PFOA that is a necessary part of the manufacture of its best-known product, Teflon. Many, such as the Environmental Working Group,Continue reading “The Other Side of DuPont”