In recent years, the U.S. intelligence community has sounded its own alarms about global warming (see here and here), which I’m surprised climate advocates don’t trumpet more often. Instead of pouncing on every new catastrophic wildfire or drought as prima-facie evidence that doomsday is right around the corner, (which is not supported by science), why…Continue Reading…
If you love Westerns (who doesn’t?) and you always wanted one of those ridiculous “best of” guides, then check out the “100 Greatest Westerns” special issue published by the editors of Wild West magazine. You gotta pay for the hard copy (which I did), but I’m having fun thumbing through the trivial anecdotes related to…Continue Reading…
There are plenty of ways to describe Climate Progress. “Indispensable” is not one of them. The mustache knows better. Unless he’s been living in his own bubble the past two weeks, I have to wonder if something else is going on here.
Apsmith over at Daily Kos has tried to unravel how Michael Tobis got himself top billing on a recent Glenn Beck show. Because I pop up (somewhat mysteriously–“who is Keith Kloor?”) as one of the culpable parties, I feel it’s important to correct some of his misleading inferences. I wanted to leave a comment on…Continue Reading…
It’s easy to dismiss George Will as an ideologue but you can’t dismiss his intellect. He is a bright guy. And he’s been willing to take on his own tribe, as Sara Palin and George W. Bush discovered. So what causes him to become so muddle-headed when he writes about global warming? I believe this…Continue Reading…
Is your stance on global warming shaped by influential pundits or politicians who share your worldview? In light of the recent George Will/Al Gore/Andrew Revkin blogosphere controversy, kudos to John Fleck for revisiting this important 2007 Yale study. Still, I’m not sure what to make of the study’s essential finding– that your position on say,…Continue Reading…
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…
This book review pays tribute to the Civilian Conservation Corps. Westerners–particularly Coloradans–might be surprised to learn that their favorite hiking trails and scenic drives owes to this depression era-program. As Kurt Repanshek over at National Parks Traveler writes, the $920 million carved out in the stimulus package for National Park improvements is a “nice chunk…Continue Reading…
Why do people get all misty-eyed over wild horses? I’m no exception. The times I’ve witnessed them galloping through Utah’s canyon country I immediately forgot that they are an exotic, habitat-killing species. Several years back, Ted Williams in Audubon magazine wrote about the “ecological havoc” caused by the estimated 30,000 hoofed beasties that roam the…Continue Reading…
A big reason I’m drawn to the Southwest is for its well preserved archaeology. But that doesn’t mean it’s well protected, much less appreciated by native residents or politicians. That said, a cruel irony is that most new sites on public and state land are only discovered when a highway or shopping center or gas…Continue Reading…