It’s like clockwork. A disaster occurs and the airwaves are full of appeals for help from all of us who are clearly more fortunate
Category: Climate Change
Houston flood: How much is 9 trillion gallons of water?
Houston and Southwest Texas are drowning in what the National Weather Service estimates to be 9 trillion gallons of rainwater—so far [as of two
Why she quit: EPA scientist’s scathing letter of resignation
On her way out the door, after 30 years with the Environmental Protection Agency, Elizabeth Southerland left a scathing note detailing why she quit.
“A Message to Trump from Climate Scientists”
At the annual gathering of The American Geophysical Union in fall of 2016, more than twenty-three thousand earth and space scientists from around the
Just in time: the “Inconvenient Sequel”
“Don’t let anybody tell you we’re going to get on rocket ships and live on Mars. This is our home.” Eleven years after “An
Carteret Islands; ground zero for climate change
“Climate change is not just about statistics. Climate change is not just about science. Climate change is about human rights.” – Ursula Rakova, Founder
Global Seed Vault: Protecting the future of agriculture
Halfway between Norway and the North Pole in the chilly waters of the Arctic Ocean lie the Svalbard Islands. On one of the largest,
Deleting science from EPA’s Office of Science and Technology
The EPA’s Office of Science and Technology [OST] no longer includes the word science in its mission statement. That’s a big effing deal, says
Welcome to American pollutocracy
Newly elected Presidents do not obtain formal power for over two months, but it feels like they gain control immediately. Their major appointments and
The elusive connection we have to truth
Perhaps it’s always been this way; humankind has been more motivated by emotions than reason and the primary emotion that generates beliefs is fear.