Discussing the age old issue of humanity vs nature, tree expert Dr. Patricia Westford says she already knows “which side will lose by winning.” Dr. Westford is one of a dozen characters in Richard Powers’ gut-wrenching novel, The Overstory, who dedicate their lives to the understanding and preservation of trees…

Agreed, we need to focus on the solutions right in front of us. As for your statement about looking for "a more complicated, technologically-aggressive solution that is years or decades away from practical use." -- I think we already have tech-based solutions that we're ignoring. More to the point, we are not demanding that the big tech firms apply their capapbilities but instead get all Jetson-age giggly about owning a self-driving car sometime in the near future.

Reading The New Climate War I felt like a kid watching his parents argue. I wanted to scream, ‘Please quit yelling at each other and just tell me what to do.’ Michael E. Mann believes that we are at war. I don’t want to be at war. The War on…

Posted on November 13, 2020 by DaveRhodyWriting President-Elect Joe Biden referred to his and Kamala Harris’s campaign as “a battle for the soul of the nation.” My first reaction is to pump my fist and shout ‘Yeah! I can relate to a leader who speaks to our soul’ –- especially…