April 13, 2009
Michael Conniff wrote a great article on the Huffington Post yesterday about how American conservatives are downplaying the effects and even denying global warming itself. According to scientists, the Antarctic Peninsula has warmed 3ºC since the 1950’s. Britain’s own David Vaughan, an Antarctic Survey glaciologist, said, “We’ve been watching it all summer, waiting for it to go, and bang—now it’s gone.” He is referring, of course, to the Wilkins Ice Shelf, which is no longer .....
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April 10, 2009
Settling in for my flight the other day, I was thinking about how being a frequent traveler affects the environment. I went through my mental checklist of how I had made my trip as green as possible: I purchased carbon offsets for my flight. I used public transportation to get to the airport. I brought my own food and water for the flight in reusable bags and bottles so that I wouldn’t use all the .....
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