Newly elected Presidents do not obtain formal power for over two months, but it feels like they gain control immediately. Their major appointments and
Tag: Climate change
Teaching the reality of climate change, one classroom at a time
You wouldn’t think that it would be controversial for a journalism professor to come to high schools in the Midwest to discuss his reporting
The People’s Climate March, Howard Zinn, and why we all need to join in
When I first got wind of the People’s Climate March taking place in New York City on September 21, my first thought was “will
News organizations are changing their coverage of climate change
Make no mistake about it. We’re now approaching thirty years of serious scientific data gathering on climate change. And the consensus among scientists in
Climate Counts: Rating companies by their environmental impact
Consumers of the world, unite! You know you’re going to buy stuff, so why not use your buying power to send a message to
No milk in the dairy case? Climate change is to blame.
If you think the effects of climate change on our food supply are something only our children or grandchildren will have to deal with,
Koch-ifying the news
Industrialists Charles and David Koch, well known for their climate change denial, have very recently expressed interest in buying newspapers. We all know the
Beefing up the facts on global warming
In a shameless demonstration of feigned ignorance and pandering, some climate-change denying Republicans, like Representative Dana Rohrabacher of California, and Speaker John Boehner, have
What I saw at the “Forward on Climate” rally
350.org, The Sierra Club and The Hip Hop Caucus organized the largest environmental protest in US history, on February 17th, 2013, with attendance estimated
Kingsolver’s new novel, Flight Behavior , delivers a powerful sermon on climate change
I’ve been listening to Barbara Kingsolver read her new novel, Flight Behavior, on my car CD player, and I have to wonder what the