There’s only so much vertebrate biomass to go around. If one vertebrate population increases, some others are going to decrease; it’s not rocket science. How much terrestrial vertebrate biomass is made of humans? And how much of it is made by the animals we domesticate for your food? The answer is surprising — and like […]
Another day, another oil spill, shutting down a substantial stretch of the Mississippi River around New Orleans. The spill occurred on Saturday when a barge carrying oil crashed into a tugboat between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Authorities closed the stretch of river on Sunday and still can’t say exactly how much oil was spilled, […]
BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! It’s easy to make a public comment against the Keystone XL pipeline. Here’s a “mad-lib” to help with the composition process. Select one from each group, copy and paste…and click “submit.” Then do it again. And again. a — The assertion that a transcontinental pipeline will […]
Block That Pipeline!!! Block That Pipeline!!! Block That Pipeline!!! Here’s another quick and dirty “mad-lib” that will help you generate useful texts when you go Regulations.gov and make a public comment about the Keystone XL pipeline. a – (Please consider carefully) b – (Do not ignore) c – (It is crucial to recognize) the a […]
These crazed John-Birch-Society sociopaths have basically formed their own Republican party, which wasn’t hard because the Republican Party is ALWAYS for sale to the highest bidder. And they’re busy amassing even more money than they can supply on their own, by bringing in more of their sort of tycoons — the ones who actively look […]
Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s statement on the State Department’s assessment of the Keystone XL project is worth your attention. Grijalva is one of the most reliable allies of the environmental movement in today’s Congress, and he nails it in this blistering review of the reports questionable ethical underpinnings: “This process has featured multiple documented conflicts of […]
Nobody ever said preparing for climate change was going to be anything but horrifically complicated, and when our pathologically inept and commitment-averse Congress is part of the process, it just keeps getting crazier and crazier. The Senate just smacked a four-year snooze button on the Federal Flood Insurance program, which needed upgrading and retrofitting as […]
Our continuing hunger for illusory cheap energy is the enabling force behind the corporate sociopaths who are spilling the Earth’s blood over the land. North Dakota, the nation’s No2 oil producer behind Texas, recorded nearly 300 oil pipeline spills in less than two years, state documents show. None was reported to the public, officials said. […]
Consider a finely sharpened blade, slicing through a piece of wood in a cabinet-maker’s workshop. The chisel’s razor tip is parting the fibers, supported by a substantial piece of steel which lends that keen edge all its strength, and without which carving is impossible. To exclaim over a beautiful piece of joinery is to extol […]
Climate change has been hammering farmers in Peru’s Andean plateaus. For these people, some of the world’s poorest, it’s not an abstract threat or a dire warning to be “liked” on Facebook in between cat pictures and musings on breakfast menus. There’s not as much rain as there used to be. On the other hand, […]