January hottest ever!
Hottest January ever … global warming
The gauntlet on energy is being thrown down
the issue of how to reduce GHGs to the point where we can reverse the warming process is really a question about how we will consume energy in the future — which means, how we intend to live from this point on.
Exxon Mobil - only oil and gas can make us happy
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Exxon Mobil’s CEO, Rex W. Tillerson, offered his wisdom on global warming and climate change in a speech before a gathering of oil and gas industry leaders on Tuesday — his first contribution to the conversation following release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Basically, he said — oil […]
Christopher Horner on the Daily Show
Fostering Ecological Hope
Tonight from Margaret Swedish:
Just watched Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show.’ His guest tonight was Christopher Horner, author of the book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism). Sorry Stewart gave this guy the air time. He has no credentials.
But everyone is entitled to their 15 minutes. It’s […]
The Disappearing Chesapeake Shoreline
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
I’ve lived in Maryland now since 1983. Though I spend less time in my adopted home state these days, I have strong feelings of affection for its natural beauty — the mountain ranges in the west, the ocean shore (that part, that is, which is not built up […]
Dirty coal in Texas’ future?
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Wanted to share this story, because it is emblematic of our problem — and of our ecological hope. TXU Corp., the big Texas utility company, is planning to invest $10 billion in coal-fired power plants to provide power to the state’s rapidly growing population. Texas is pretty […]
Poignant reflection on climate change
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
In last week’s NT Times Science section, which comes out each Tuesday, the paper’s now-retired ‘lead reporter on climate change,’ William K. Stevens, wrote an essay in which he offers his own poignant reflections on the now-overwhelming scientific consensus that human-caused greenhouse gases are the main cause of global […]
‘pollute first, clean up later’
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Mercury from China settling into the Willamette River of Oregon. Particulates from China’s coal-fired power plants settling into the lungs of Californians.
You see why toxic pollution is not just a national or state or local matter — it is a global problem and will require global solutions.
This superb […]
Of George Bush’s commitment to the environment
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Yesterday at his usual White House press briefing, Tony Snow was asked about President Bush’s new initiative to steer a billion dollars, plus a government matching commitment up to another billion, for our beleaguered National Parks. God knows the parks need these funds. I am a great […]
Will there be any serious action on carbon emissions?
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Well, just when I think I’m the world’s biggest skeptic, someone puts it right in print. Today, the Washington Post Op-Ed writer, Robert J. Samuelson, said, despite the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, he suspects little if any meaningful action will be taken to curb […]
