Climate Change

  • Triumph of the flat-earth Republicans

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s now official party dogma. There is no climate-change- I was thinking of writing an essay on this yesterday after I read about this vote, but I see Andrew Leonard already wrote it, and it was published on-line at Salon.com. Triumph of the flat-earth Republicans. Who cares what scientists believe? The House GOP is on…

  • Why is Obama prosecuting Tim DeChristopher, the gas-lease pranker?

    Ralph Maughan

    A good question, given all the unprosecuted, indeed celebrated, criminals at high levels- Tim DeChristopher was convicted at his trial after not being allowed to explain the motives for his prank. Do Motives Matter? The DeChristopher Verdict. The New York Times. By Kirk Johnson. Inside traders, coal and oil company disaster creators, military contractors break…

  • Climate Change Takes Toll on Lodgepole Pine

    Ralph Maughan

    The most abundant of all Western pine falls at astounding rate- Every Western pine from the Yukon to New Mexico is suffering high mortality from unusually severe attack by native insects, diseases and direct mortality from drought and heat. Lodgepole pine, which often grows in vast almost monocultural stands, is dying too.  Almost anyone who…

  • Will dryup of Lake Mead prompt Western conservatives to think of climate change?

    Ralph Maughan

    Secretary of Interior Salazar thinks so- I don’t think it will, not as the so-called conservatives in office today look at the world.  However, back in the world of facts where Lake Mead isn’t far from the level of “dead pool,” there will be enormous consequences for all the Colorado River Basin states: Wyoming, Colorado,…

  • Cold Jumps Arctic ‘Fence,’ Stoking Winter’s Fury

    Ralph Maughan

    During the winter, the melting Arctic is like opening the refrigerator door . . . The refrigerator gets warmer, and the room (the lower latitudes) get colder. The cold winters of late might be a climate change rather than random variability.  The explanation would be the weakening of the cyclonic winds that keep the extreme…

  • Massive Australian floods were no natural disaster

    Ralph Maughan

    It is land clearing for livestock- Despite some recognition today, just one tree is being planted in Queensland for every one hundred cleared to increase livestock grazing. Yes, it rained a lot for a long time, but cows on huge tracts of “cleared” land made the disaster. Video. http://suprememastertv.com/save-our-planet/?wr_id=1659

  • What does a blizzard on the U.S. East Coast mean for global warming?

    Ralph Maughan

    Stronger winter storms are the indirect result of global warming- There are a lot of people who tend to think snowy weather means there is no global warming (they tend to watch Fox News). Actually, the opposite is true, at least under the current level of warming. What does a blizzard on the U.S. East…

  • Northern coast of Greenland, some far north islands in Canada to be only home for polar bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Last ditch location of polar bears is predicted- As arctic ice continues to melt, scientists have predicted where last few polar bears will make their last stand. Where Polar Bears Might Go If Climate Change Doesn’t Slow. By Pete Spotts. Christian Science Monitor/ABC News

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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