Posts Under ‘disasters’ Category

The Apocalypse Annals

June 5, 2010 by Keith Kloor | Filed in disasters, oil | No comments

There’s no resisting a great headline, so thanks to Michael Tobis for pointing me to this bit of hilarity via his Google reader. But if you absolutely must take James Cameron seriously, then head over to Revkin’s place. As for Cameron’s walk-on role in the gulf oil gusher epic, my brain tells me that Andy’s…Continue Reading…

Fetishizing Extreme Weather

March 5, 2009 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, disasters, extreme weather, wildfire | 1 comment

There is a simplistic way to talk about the link between climate change and catastrophic wildfires and other natural disasters: The science makes clear that many extreme weather events have increased in recent years “” and that there is a link to climate change. You can  shout from the rooftops: CNN, ABC, WashPost, AP, blow…Continue Reading…