methane – Kit Stolz

Uncorking catastrophic climate change? Tom Toles

As usual, Tom Toles finds a funny way to dramatize a disaster: a methane explosion in Siberia. Which raises the question: Well, how dangerous is the methane that is emerging from the Arctic? Is it just blowing holes in the permafrost, or does it presage global atmospheric doom? It's not a small volume of methane,Continue reading “Uncorking catastrophic climate change? Tom Toles”

Bad News: Methane Release Threatens Planet — Good News: LA Times Still on the Climate Beat

Here's a strange good news/bad news story. This Sunday the top story on the front pages of the Los Angeles Times was a full-scale feature, complete with excellent graphics, on methane released by the softening of the permafrost. The good news is that the newspaper is still covering the climate beat in a serious way.Continue reading “Bad News: Methane Release Threatens Planet — Good News: LA Times Still on the Climate Beat”

Killer Cows — No, Really

Must link to the latest in the Los Angeles Times excellent editorial series on global warming, which does what editorials are supposed to do but often don’t: Clarify, propose, and convince. The editorial this week was about cow emissions. Hilarious? No. Sensible? Yes. All told, livestock are responsible for 18% of greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide, accordingContinue reading “Killer Cows — No, Really”