Aside from David Roberts, there’s only one other notable voice who has put a positive spin on the big Copenhagen news. No surprise there from CP, though his first sentence probably got coughed up like a hairball by even his most devoted fans. Guess what, he’s right. But for the wrong reason. At least I’m…Continue Reading…
It’s hell on the planet, sadistic to our fellow creatures, and bad for your health. Nothing in this WaPost essay is new, but the main point is worth pondering: What I eat influences you. What you eat influences me. Our diets are deeply, intimately and necessarily political.
There’s a remake, a new mini-series starting Sunday night. I’m a huge fan of the original show–I discovered it in the 1980s. I always knew it was a a cult favorite, but until I read this recent Wired piece, I had no idea just how influential it’s been. For the uninitiated, the NYT description will…Continue Reading…
My friday post at Nature’s Climate Feedback is up. The Sci Am geoengineering piece I flagged is worth reading in its entirety, especially by that environmental ethicist in Boulder, Colorado who is having way too much fun with his new blog toy.
In their third (and final?) critique of a certain climate blogger, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus explain to their own critics why they don’t take on the other side: The work of holding Republican obstructionists, anti-government extremists, and right-wing conspiracy mongers to task is work for principled conservatives, not liberals. The work of greens and…Continue Reading…
He forces Hannity to apologize on the air for some creative video editing.
Germany’s leading magazine, Der Spiegel, has a fascinating interview with Russia’s President Dimitry Medvedev, which includes this exchange: SPIEGEL: In a recent article that you wrote entitled “Go, Russia,” you spoke of your country’s “humiliating” economic “backwardness.” Why hasn’t Russia managed to overcome its dependency on natural resources in the time since the end of…Continue Reading…
My Tuesday post at Nature’s Climate Feedback is up.
Whoa, The Oil Drum is going to burst when it gets hold of this exclusive at The Guardian: The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering…Continue Reading…
A certain democratic senator talks warmly about the environmental Darth Vader: We are really very good friends. It’s a good working relationship we have. People are very surprised about it. Oh man, you have no idea just how surprised some green-colored people will be.