April 22, 2016

Modern mavens and maxims of meteorological mayhem

Here’s a bit of earthy mirth for Earth Day 2016. Inspired by the atmospheric angst of the November-December 2015 Paris climate change conference, late last year, we proposed new weather wonkery c our versions of popular meteorological anecdo...

May 4, 2015

Saul Alinsky, Climate Scientist

In his 1971 handbook, Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals, the godfather of community organizers, Saul D. Alinsky, asserted that the "basic requirement for the politics of change is to reorganize the world as it is...

April 14, 2015

Three Reasons Obama Administration Almost Certainly Wrong on Climate Change

During the past several weeks, except for a sidetrack to rush an Iranian nuclear deal, Obama administration officials have continued to attack the thousands of honest, experienced scientists and engineers who remain unconvinced that human activities ...

May 19, 2011

Kids 'Scared Straight' to Climate Activism

Teenagers, like many adults, are not too old to believe in fairy tales.  But, youngsters typically have much more time and energy to devote to acting on their fantasies, like the one showcasing a global-warming goblin.For example, from May ...