The future is present
Killer heat waves in Europe, forest fires, drought and floods in the US south, mosquitoes carrying dengue fever arrive in the US, millions facing famine and displacement — global climate change is here, and it is deadly.
Development meets public lands: “It’s like a tsunami…”
Development growth near fire-prone national forest lands is an example of living wrongly on the planet.
Hot and dry, Lake Tahoe fire a taste of things to come this summer
Lake Tahoe fire caused by drought and human behavior.
From the Senate on energy — not very much at all
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Okay, the Senate stood up to the auto industry and approved new mileage standards on cars and SUVs — a minimum 35 mpg by 2020.
I am underwhelmed — and even this the auto industry fought hard to stop — now turning their lobbying clout to the House to try […]
Coal-to-liquid faces defeat in the Senate
The Senate rejected proposals for loans and guarantees to the coal industry for coal-to-liquid diesel fuel.
It’s about a relationship
Humans must restore their sense of their true place within the fabric of life and the balance of nature.
Update on energy bill — but then, I really want to talk about a relationship
The Audobon Society reports a steep decline in populations of some of our most beloved meadow birds because of agriculture, development, global warming.
A victory in court for the Earth v. Big Coal
Environmental groups win court victory in mountaintopping practice.
Coal: it ain’t just the CO2, it’s also the ’soot’
Soot from coal is a factor in the rapid warming of the Arctic.
Energy bills
As Congress takes up energy legislation, priorities should be slowing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing energy efficiency, and doing no more harm to the planet.
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