The Anthropocene Debate – Part I
At the heart of modern environmentalism is the idea that the planet must be saved from further damage by humanity. But it is far from clear that this is possible or even that...
political analysis
Mr. Crews Goes to Belleville
Well, as it turned out, a whole slew of unexpected guests showed up (ie: not the usual Unitarians), many of them members of the Local 18 (International Union of Operating Engineers) in Ohio,...
The 3 C’s: China, Coal and Climate Change
Recent video of protests in China’s southern Guandong Province against new coal plant construction at the end of December 2011. According to recent reports, as many as 30,000 people took over a...
Fracking Up – Seismic Activity Disrupts Ohio Industry Plans
2012 had barely begun when I got the following text from a friend in Ohio: “Magnitude 4 earthquake in Youngstown today. Shook my brother’s house.” We had just been talking about fracking the...
The Death of Environmentalism – Reflection 1
In 2004 Ted Nordhaus and Michael Schellenberger, well-known environmental pollsters and political strategists in the DC environmental lobbying circles, released a much discussed essay called The Death of Environmentalism, which argued that the...
Updates on COP17 – More Business As Usual
By most activist accounts, COP17–which just ended in Durban, SA this weekend–has been yet one more long, official failure to reach any real climate agreements or GHG reduction targets. And like in...
