The Carbon Footprint of Wine
While I’m in a NY state of mind, here’s something I’ll have to remember.
Posts Under ‘global warming’ Category
Best Reason To Homeschool
So your kids don’t get sprayed with pesticides while waiting for the school bus. I say this jokingly, as someone who doesn’t understand the homeschooling phenomenon. But on a related note, this LAT story has got me thinking to a week from today, when I will be back in Brooklyn and probably at war with…Continue Reading…
The Upside of Global Warming
It sounds perverse, but there’s no denying it. Yes, some of us may well end up as edible wafers. The Russians, however, are feeling giddy about their future prospects in a hotter world, as Bradford Plumer notes here. So too are nomads in the Sahara, it seems, according to this dispatch from National Geographic News….Continue Reading…
See the Hot House at White House
What Joe Romm touts as “NOAA-led” the Guardian reports as part of a carefully crafted strategy by the White House. It’s both. No matter, today’s big climate report is sure to light up the blogosphere.
The Fouler Cries Foul
This is rich, coming from the Global Warming capo on the left, he who relishes rhetorical knee-capping: ClimateProgress was the victim of a recent such bullying effort, as detailed in this recent post. The point, of course, is to try to shout down those of us who are warning about the dire nature of the…Continue Reading…
Grasping the Real Climate Equation
Liberal bloggers need to get a better grip on why the issue of climate change doesn’t resonate more with the American public. Yesterday, Matt Yglesias lamented that the political moment of possibility for climate legislation has coincided with an enormous recession. Yeah, we know that. The fact is, environmental concerns always wane in an economic…Continue Reading…
Sacrifice or Sustainability?
What happens when you cross John Nash’s view of human behavior with Isaiah Berlin’s concept of human freedom? You get the reason why we may never chart an environmentally sustainable course. This is the interesting argument that Kurt Cobb lays out over at The Oil Drum. His conclusion is dispiriting: The way to win any…Continue Reading…
The Disaster Storyline
Would climate change have greater urgency in the public mind if we started talking more about adaptation? I realize many climate advocates fear that such a discussion is a slippery slope to non-action. But it needn’t be. In fact, I believe that more stories and chatter about the growing humanitarian concerns of near-term climate change…Continue Reading…
Walkback or Walkabout?
The indispensable one, boxed into a corner by Roger Pielke, Jr., and The Breakthrough Institute, does something rare: Yes, my thinking on rip-offsets has evolved, primarily because I have spent the last few months talking to leading experts, domestic and international, including the chief climate negotiator for a major European country. As one reader to…Continue Reading…
Romm's Slimefest
Joe Romm rarely disappoints. Nary a day goes by when he isn’t showcasing his intolerance, inconsistency, and disaster fetishism. Let’s highlight the most recent best of the worst, starting with the bile he spewed on Friday to kick off the long holiday weekend. You won’t find any disgust expressed by Climate Progress readers (or such…Continue Reading…