November 2010
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Republican Congressman Tears into His Climate Zombie Colleagues
Republican Congressman Bob Inglis challenges his anti-science, global-warming-denying counterparts to face their demons and look at the bleak future they are setting their grandchildren up for.
What the American West Would Look Like if John Wesley Powell Had His Way
Mark Twain is often credited with saying: “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over.” But if the suggestions of John Wesley Powell were listened to back in 1890, maybe the saying wouldn’t ring so true.
Time to Commit in the Arctic
President Obama needs to finish something that started the year before he was born. That’s when President Eisenhower set aside the pristine wilderness in the northeast corner of Alaska that we know today as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Frankenfish Worried About the Future of GMOceans (cartoon)
The FDA is trying to approve GE salmon as a new animal drug, but the truth is U.S. Food agencies don’t have a way to fully evaluate the impacts of GE salmon on human health or the environment.
China, India and Brazil Block Effort to Use Ozone Treaty for Climate Protection
An international accord designed to address the growing hole in the ozone layer may take on new significance in the effort to reduce the emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases. It just won’t be happening this year.
