I’m writing from Chicago, where the BlogHer conference I’m attending will start tomorrow. My run on the lakeshore last night took me to Millenium Park, where I had another of my little ecstatic, falling-in-love experiences, between the gardens, the symphony orchestra playing in the outdoor pavilion, and most of all, the unique fountain and wading [...]
Entries Tagged as 'global warming'
Chicago’s Vulnerability
July 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · community, energy, entertainment, food & drink, home & garden, lifestyle, money, sustainability, transportation
Tags: Bill McKibben·BlogHer conference·carbon footprint·Chicago·chickens·climate change·culture·Deep Economy·Detroit·fun·global warming·happiness·Millenium Park·papalars·urban farming
The Psychology Of Naysayers On Global Warming
July 19th, 2009 · 16 Comments · sustainability
I embrace differences of opinion. Democracy is based on it, and we make each other smarter and stronger when we exchange views. However, for a literate person in 2009 to claim that human-caused global warming is not a reality is akin to a literate person in 1859 claiming slavery in the South was not a [...]
Tags: Bill Bigelow·climate change·denial·Exxon-Mobil·global warming·IPCC·ODD·Portland·psychology
Self-Reliance Versus Government Control
July 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · sustainability
One of my readers, Bryce Beattie of Real Self-Reliance, has written a thoughtful response to my criticism of legislators opposing the Waxman-Markey bill. This bill is known as the carbon cap and trade bill; it narrowly passed the House last week by getting some bipartisan support, and will be facing much opposition in the Senate.
Bryce [...]
Tags: bipartisan politics·Bryce Beattie·carbon footprint·climate change·global warming·government control·Jared Diamond·self-reliance·Waxman-Markey bill
The Climate Doesn’t Play Politics
June 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · sustainability
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman writes today in the New York Times that the opposition of much of Congress to the Waxman-Markey bill is treason and betrayal.
If it passes, this bill will be our nation’s first legislative response to global warming. The House narrowly passed Waxman-Markey last Friday, and it now goes to the Senate, where [...]
Tags: bipartisan politics·climate change·ExxonMobil·global warming·paradigm shift·Paul Krugman·Waxman-Markey bill
House Votes on Carbon Cap & Trade Bill This Friday
June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · politics, sustainability
Thor Hinckley, manager of the nation’s leading renewable power program, supplied this guest post. Thor is my husband.
To quote from Nobel laureate Al Gore: “For those who care about the global warming catastrophe — this is the moment”. The Waxman-Markey legislation known as the Carbon Cap and Trade bill is coming up for a House [...]
Tags: Al Gore·bipartisan politics·cap and trade bill·carbon footprint·climate change·global warming·Repower America·Waxman-Markey bill
