Winning the debate on global warming
I'm glad to see that global warming is getting some serious coverage here on dKos. For the Democratic Party, the environment is a big-time winner as an issue, and I hope that it's a key issue in...
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Good environmental news of the fortnight, March 14 - 27
As always, cross-posted on GreenStateWinter storms bring burst of life to the desert A rare burst of color is softening the stark landscape of Death Valley, with clusters of purple, pink and white...
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Good environmental news of the week, Mar. 28 - Apr. 3
So much good news week, that I'm doing this a week early... As always, cross-posted on GreenStateIndia bans chemical linked to vulture deaths In early 2004, The U.S. based Peregrine Fund working in...
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Return of the ivory-billed woodpecker
I haven't had the time to do my "Good environmental news of the week" diaries lately, but I think this qualifies as the best environmental news of the year. Maybe even my entire lifetime: For nearly...
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On the trail of John Muir: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
In 1993, I drove the scenic roads through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks in the Sierra Nevada of California. The mountains were just gorgeous. I hugged a sequoia, the largest tree in the...
View ArticleThe budget deal will be the end of wolves in the Rockies
If you're already pissed about Obama's budget deal, prepare to get madder:Gray wolves in Montana and Idaho would be taken off the endangered list under the budget bill pending before Congress, two...
View ArticleNew study: pooties kill billions of birds a year. Let's keep them indoors.
Scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that domestic cats in the United States — both the pet Fluffies that spend part of the day...
View ArticleObama nominates former banker and oil engineer for Interior Secretary
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will nominate business executive and former engineer Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department, an administration official said. Jewell is the president and chief...
View ArticleShorter Sally Jewell: "Drill, baby, drill"
When Sally Jewell was nominated to be Interior Secretary, I posted a diary questioning her qualifications and her commitment to preserving public lands. Seemingly everyone else on this site and the...
View ArticleThe truth about Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
UPDATE: Title changed (I honestly didn't know that you can't call out another diarist!).The top diary right now is about how the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is magnanimously giving land to the...
View ArticleThe best sign you will ever see at a running race
I ran the Austin Marathon this weekend. There were plenty of the usual "Worst parade ever" and "Toenails are for sissies" signs in the crowds. And since it was Austin, there was stranger stuff like a...
View ArticleThe astonishing hypocrisy of Antonin Scalia
I am totally floored by the hypocrisy of Antonin Scalia. He claims to be an originalist, but his “principles” are as thin as his hair. In reality, he’s just another right-wing, corporation-loving...
View ArticleWinning the debate on global warming
I'm glad to see that global warming is getting some serious coverage here on dKos. For the Democratic Party, the environment is a big-time winner as an issue, and I hope that it's a key issue in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Good environmental news of the fortnight, March 14 - 27
As always, cross-posted on GreenStateWinter storms bring burst of life to the desert A rare burst of color is softening the stark landscape of Death Valley, with clusters of purple, pink and white...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Good environmental news of the week, Mar. 28 - Apr. 3
So much good news week, that I'm doing this a week early... As always, cross-posted on GreenStateIndia bans chemical linked to vulture deaths In early 2004, The U.S. based Peregrine Fund working in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Return of the ivory-billed woodpecker
I haven't had the time to do my "Good environmental news of the week" diaries lately, but I think this qualifies as the best environmental news of the year. Maybe even my entire lifetime: For nearly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the trail of John Muir: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
In 1993, I drove the scenic roads through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks in the Sierra Nevada of California. The mountains were just gorgeous. I hugged a sequoia, the largest tree in the...
View ArticleThe budget deal will be the end of wolves in the Rockies
If you're already pissed about Obama's budget deal, prepare to get madder:Gray wolves in Montana and Idaho would be taken off the endangered list under the budget bill pending before Congress, two...
View ArticleNew study: pooties kill billions of birds a year. Let's keep them indoors.
Scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that domestic cats in the United States — both the pet Fluffies that spend part of the day...
View ArticleObama nominates former banker and oil engineer for Interior Secretary
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will nominate business executive and former engineer Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department, an administration official said. Jewell is the president and chief...
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