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Tomorrow night, Frontline will broadcast Heat, a result of some 18 months of work …

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In South Carolina, the “Democratic Party” candidate is Bob Conley, who must be mentioned was recently a Republican, on a county GOP committee until winning the Democratic Party primay, and Ron Paul supporter. On the Repulbican side, Lindsey Graham. In this race, Saturday’s debate could well be a telling one for anyone who cares for […]

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The various fossil fuel industries have been spending hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars to influence the national discussion this year, from campaign contributions to Santa Claus giving out ‘clean coal’ at the Metro exits closest to Congressional offices to sponsoring presidential debates throughout the election cycle. This fossil foolish promotion of a […]

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Jill Richardson is an extremely interesting, provocative, and fresh voice on the web in the arenas of food and agriclture. She is a founder of La Vica Locavore. This is, with permission, a cross-post of her latest piece. Last weekend, I visited the Rodale Institute as part of the 2008 Community Food Security Coalition Conference. […]

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Yesterday, 152 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on climate principles. The elevator speech: create jobs clean energy reduce pollution protect consumers With four key goals, 1. Reduce emissions to avoid dangerous global warming; 2. Transition America to a clean energy society; 3. Recognize and […]

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Grimly he watched America walk by. A precipice that we might have already passed. Who were these people who could live so placidly while the world fell into an acute global environmental crisis. Permafrost bubbling methane. Experts at denial. Acidification of the oceans. Experts at filtering their informatioon to hear only what made it seem […]

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There are going to be millions of words already and coming out about the debate in Ole Miss. Thus, to add a few into the pile. Whether captured or not, the facts will show that John “Truthiness” McCain showed up in force this evening. We could discuss Senator McCain’s failure to fight for funding veterans’ […]

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DeSmogBlog has a magnificent project, a call for letters to one’s descendents a hundred years from now. Sharon Moore offered an apology: Most of all I want to tell you I am sorry for how short-sighted we were. I thought I was doing all that I could to leave a good world for you to […]

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Every day, it seems, brings fresh news and fresh images of Global Warming‘s mounting impact on humanity (and human activities), local ecosystems, and the global ecosystem. Just coming across my desk are images of Global Warming refugees appearing in the nation’s capital. These refugees provide dramatic images underlining “how global warming is making polar bears […]

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In her ABC interview, Sarah Palin has tried to morph herself from Global Warming denialist to simply being a Global Warming skeptic.

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