This weekend saw the largest tornado outbreak for the month of March on record with 279 tornado warnings issued and at least 38 people killed. Entire towns were ripped out of the ground across Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Alabama, and Georgia following Illinois’s outbreak days earlier. Without a doubt we have not seen the end of… Continue reading ‘Tornado Outbreaks Will Only Get Worse’
In the wake of the scandal/non-scandal surrounding Chicago’s ultra-shady Heartland Institute, it couldn’t be a better time to cast a little light on the money and resources focused on a worldwide disinformation campaign to sow doubt around the scientific consensus on climate change. Heartland is only a small part of the massive effort by fossil… Continue reading ‘Inside the War Against Climate Science’
Huzzah to Barack Obama for not taking the GOP bait and refusing to sign off on the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry carbon-intensive tar sands oil from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. I’ve written much about the pipeline so I won’t repeat all my points here except to say that it was a… Continue reading ‘Why the Keystone XL ‘Victory’ Matters–and Doesn’t’
Betcha didn’t know there were United Nations climate talks in Durban, South Africa, for the past week or so and that 194 countries arrived at an 11th-hour agreement after the European Union’s Connie Hedegaard sat down with India’s Jayanthi Natarajan to bang out the details of a final deal. And by “deal,” we of course… Continue reading ‘Durban Climate Talks Offer No Respite From Pessimism’
So you’re a living, breathing human being who enjoys the bountious bounties of planet Earth and all the associated awesomeness that comes along with having a functioning climate system that allows life to flourish, including but not limited to: the new Lil’ Wayne album, Monday Night Football, brown sugar oatmeal, Gabrielle Union, and babies. Therefore,… Continue reading ‘It’s Your Responsibility to Watch ’24 Hours of Reality’’
Click here to read about President Obama, the Keystone XL pipeline, and why digging up Canadian tar sands is a really terrible idea.
Jonny Huntsman, you wild, wicked, rogue, rebel, badass, crazy-as-a-shithouse-rat motherf***er. First you Tweet: “To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.” Then you get on “This Week” and call Rick Perry a wingnut for saying that scientists have made up climate change to get funding and that… Continue reading ‘Jon Huntsman, You Crazy Badass Motherf***er’
It’s darkly amusing that as Washington attempts to not hurtle the country into another economic maelstrom, the true crisis that’s consuming the planet goes almost without mention. In fact, the fetishization of the federal deficit strikes me as odd, since in the end it amounts to little more than a complex math problem. Meanwhile, the… Continue reading ‘The Real Crisis Has Nothing to Do With Debt’
Click here to read today’s RedEye column “You can’t ignore ocean of evidence.”