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Category: Commentary
Rest in Peace: Gordon Lightfoot — Canadian Folk Icon
Gordon Lightfoot – how can we say enough good things about the living breathing force of humanity that was Gordon Lightfoot?
DANIEL MCCARTHY: Climate Science Makes A Bad Religion
The fact that the politics of climate science so closely mirrors religious apocalypticism ought to prompt some reflection.
Help Save the Planet: Eat Lentils
When it comes to combating climate change, the lentil may be the perfect legume. They’re also, as the caviar mention implies, delicious
A Requiem for Blueberries
There is not much of the United States that is south of the I10 left to grow blueberries in.
Best Extinction Prevention Plan? Quit Killing Them
An example of Killing to Extinction is the near-miss demise of the Northern elephant seal of California. If you haven’t seen a male elephant seal the wild, you have really…
REPRISE — Why I Don’t Deny: Confessions of a Climate Skeptic — Part 2
This reprise has been prompted by a conversation with a colleague who’s only understanding of Climate Change or Global Warming has been gleaned from NPR/CNN/PBS and Main Stream Media. Part…
Reprise — Why I Don’t Deny: Confessions of a Climate Skeptic — Part 1
This reprise has been prompted by a conversation with a colleague who’s only understanding of Climate Change or Global Warming has been gleaned from NPR/CNN/PBS and Main Stream Media.
Do Gas Cook Stoves Cause Asthma?
Gas cooking stoves are blamed for children’s respiratory illnesses, like asthma, widely in the literature. Almost none of the studies actually measure the exposure of the child to the putative…
The World as We Know It Ends If It Can’t Find Its Bearings
Today’s global market is one of broken price signals, starting with energy. High oil/gas/coal prices mean the world is desperate for more, yet global production is being stifled by the…
From Brexit to NetExit
…Estonia will be by no means the only nation that will not tolerate so gross a series of harms directed at its population.
The New Pause Lengthens to 8 years 1 Month
Why, then, the continuing worldwide pandemic of panic about the mildly warmer weather we are enjoying?
Who’s Funding the Climate Lawsuits? Do the Plaintiffs Even Know?
… the politicians who promised a massive double-dip to the lawyers out of supposed taxpayer damages, and any enablers, will face serious questions about their fidelity to fiduciary obligations.
“Dream Big and Dare to Fail” Is Great High School Valedictory Advice but Terrible Energy Policy
…throwing out the furnace just before winter starts is not part of the solution.
A Feast of Innocent Merriment
How sorely we shall miss her, and how fondly we shall remember the feast of innocent merriment she laid before us, as the reign of the Climate King begins.
Community Choice Aggregation
CCAs are an attractive option for communities that want more local control over their electricity sources, more green power than is offered by the default utility, and/or lower electricity prices.