Fred Pearce’s verdict on the Lisbon climate reconciliation: Much time at the meeting was taken up bitching rather than conciliating. Gee, what a surprise. Doesn’t Pearce read climate blog threads? To be fair, this confab seems to have become Roshomon-like, according to Werner Krauss. UPDATE: There’s a dust-up related to Pearce’s New Scientist dispatch that…Continue Reading…
That’s another way of framing this question from Kevin Drum: Why Do We Hate our Cities? But I’ll play along and just say there’s plenty of anti-urban bias to go around, including among nature-loving greens who have historically loathed cities. So the larger problem, I’d argue, is as much cultural as it is political.
The uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt continue to be a fascinating ink blot. Peak oil is now another instigator being thrown into the volatile mix. (It’s not clear to me if declining oil reserves would count as as trigger or underlying cause.) As Andrew Revkin noted earlier this week, “everyone with an agenda seems to…Continue Reading…
The big news and the big picture is captured by Anthony Shadid in his NYT dispatch, starting with this pitch perfect opening line: The future of the Arab world, perched between revolt and the contempt of a crumbling order, was fought for in the streets of downtown Cairo on Wednesday. His piece goes on to…Continue Reading…
Bob Simon, the wildlife correspondent for 60 Minutes, offers an unvarnished perspective on naturalists and wildlife biologists, and why he loves animals. Earlier this week, he was interviewed by Ann Silvio, an editor with 60 Minutes Overtime. Check out the short video segment. Meanwhile, here’s the good stuff. Silvio: Is there something about doing animal…Continue Reading…
I’m a little late to this parody. And, besides, I didn’t have a blog at the time. Those unfamiliar with Sarah Silverman but interested in learning more about her edgy brand of comedy should check out this 2005 New Yorker profile. H/T: KJ
It’s not exactly Dewey Defeats Truman, but you can file this headline in the Never Mind department.
Future J-School students yearning for a career at Fox News take note. Here’s how reporting 101 is done at the Fair & Balanced network.
I have a few questions for Joe Romm. 1) When you discuss the 2007-2008
As I offhandedly mentioned yesterday, my biggest problem with the claim that global warming is a contributing factor to Egypt’s uprising isn’t that it’s parasitically opportunistic. It’s that it undermines serious, legitimate debate on the linkages between climate change, demographics, environmental degradation, poverty, and sociopolitical factors, such as built-up frustration over government repression. And that…Continue Reading…