Uncategorized

And how progressives help

The right-wing smear on Al Gore is proceeding along a predictable path, spreading around with the help of a compliant media and lefties too naive to know how the game is played. The conservative movement loves to build its leaders up; progressives love to tear their leaders down. Here’s Olberman, gamely trying to look past […]

Global warming sneaks into the funnies

Recently I got suckered into a 12-week trial of my daily paper. I wasn’t sure I could maintain the pace — and honestly, since my job requires me to be online all day, I wasn’t sure I was really missing that much news. But I’m doing my best to keep up with the onslaught of […]

Money: not everything

A little while ago, AEI got widely pilloried for offering scientists $10,000 for a critical assessment of the policy-relevant portions of the IPCC report. Meanwhile, Virginia Tech just paid Robert Kennedy Jr. $20,000 for an hour-long speech criticizing President Bush’s environmental record. Point being, there’s lots of money sloshing around, and while funding sources are […]

Come on Goreacle, the digital public wants you

According to Tim Schaller over at Tapped, the total number of signatories at DraftGore.com jumped from 39,300 to 44,470 in the 72 hours following the Oscars — a 13.5 percent increase! It’s up 1,000 more since Schaller blogged it this morning. Though I’m not sure if signatory No. 45,452, a Mr. Motha Fuka, counts as […]

Funny

Starts with an Al

David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, says what’s on everyone’s mind.

Apply already

You may or may not be aware that Grist is looking to hire a D.C.-based political reporter. Here’s a capsule summary: Grist.org seeks an enterprising, sharp-witted, D.C.-based reporter to write feature stories and contribute frequent blog posts, tracking and breaking news about environmental and energy-related goings-on inside the Beltway. The full job description is here. […]

Action-packed!

It’s a huge week for global warming in Congress. Over at dKos, Cunctator brings you the full schedule.

Sigh

Back when I first read Stewart Brand’s "Environmental Heresies," I wrote about it admiringly and, in retrospect, somewhat naively. Of the nuclear debate, I said that there’s an array of great arguments against nuclear power, and one real argument in its favor: There’s no other way to cut our CO2 emissions fast enough. That argument, […]

CSI: My Apiary

U.S. honeybees disappearing from hives, not even leaving a note Don’t let the pharmaceutical giants get wind of this: U.S. honeybees are suffering from “colony collapse disorder.” Beekeepers in 24 states say their pollinating pals are simply disappearing, with losses of 30 to 60 percent on the West Coast and, in some cases, more than […]