Rick Perry gets endorsement from James Inhofe. Inhofe shares in Perry’s skepticism regarding climate change, having repeatedly called global warming “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people” and has argued the globe is moving into a “cooling period,” a theory Perry supported in his book “Fed Up!” “He won’t cave in to the …
News item: Former Interior Secretary Babbitt Chides Obama Babbitt said the administration has acquiesced to riders that conservatives placed on the interim budget, including one that took the gray wolf off the endangered species list in several states and another that gutted a program meant to reduce overfishing. [snip] Michael Brune, executive director of the …
The Right’s Environmental Wish List: Drill on the Continental Shelf Open ANWR Sell more oil and gas leases in the West Set a 9-month deadline for environmental review of federal regulation. If that deadline’s not met, too bad, baby. No regulations for you! Prohibit the EPA from classifying carbon dioxide or methane from agriculture as …
Climate change is killing people. Indirectly. They’re being eaten by bears. What on earth are you talking about, Link? Well, listen to this story from NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered and tell me how you could do anything but agree with the journalist who’s interviewed. His name is Paul Solotaroff, and he wrote an article …
Should part of Montana revert to prairie as its people leave or die? The American Prairie Foundation has a plan to create a reserve the size of Connecticut in this stretch of Montana — an expansive savannah that looks like parts of Africa and is capable of supporting many thousands of bison. The core of …
Ron Brownstein writes of a startlingly willful ignorance in a column in the National Journal. Republicans in this country are coalescing around a uniquely dismissive position on climate change. The GOP is stampeding toward an absolutist rejection of climate science that appears unmatched among major political parties around the globe, even conservative ones. [snip] Of …
From my point of view it’s a damned shame that, while he updated Carter’s energy speech in July, 1979, particularly Point Six: I’m proposing a bold conservation program to involve every state, county, and city and every average American in our energy battle. This effort will permit you to build conservation into your homes and …
From the Associated Press: On Thursday, Beijing’s air pollution index was recorded at 96, which came close to exceeding the national level for acceptable air. Levels between 51-100 are considered moderate pollution, and anything over 100 is harmful to sensitive groups, including children and the elderly. If I were a track and field athlete, or …
Here’s some of the backstory on the EPA’a decision to do nothing about greenhouse gases for the remainder of Bush’s term. after the Supreme Court’s slap they divided into roughly two groups: those who felt that regulating under the Clean Air Act was unavoidable, reasonable and best done under Bush; and those who wished to …
If you’ve been dreaming of snorkeling around coral reefs during a future vacation, hurry, for they may be dead by 2050. “There is a dire future for coral reefs around the world if we continue the way we are going,” said Canada-based United Nations University professor Peter Sale, one of the Science [magazine] paper’s 17 …