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Biodiversity should be a top priority for businesses
Yes, it should be. But that headline’s from a United Kingdom paper, a headline one is extremely unlikely to see in any United States news medium, print or otherwise. Why? Because those news operations...
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Rising sea levels threaten Delaware coast
Sea-level rise is happening right now. This isn’t a “tomorrow” issue, folks. And human activities, like the burning of coal to make electricity, are to blame. Read about Delaware’s situation right here.
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Transgenic salmon and humility
This piece, authored by Timothy Egan, speaks very well for itself. “Wildness” continues to be lost, in organism after organism. That cannot be good. Our natural heritage — biodiversity, if you will —...
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Idaho lawmakers just don’t like wolves, or, apparently, any other wildlife
That’s the impression I get from reports like this one. Natural heritage? Natural diversity? What heritage? What diversity? Note to state Rep. Judy Boyle: Hey, why not just pave over the whole state....
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Dear humans: The planet needs your help
That’s a straight-on headline, but I can count on my fingers the number of humans I know who would get its message. In the meantime, the numbers of people whose lives revolve around the simple concept...
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GOPers, other friends of Big Oil/Coal, go after Clean Air Act
Adn their buddies in Congress have come around, thanks to campaign contributions from various front groups, and lobbying associations. That’s the American way: Kiss the money, and kiss real people with...
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The race to document biodiversity
I think it was in an edition of “Wild Earth” journal that I once read about the supposed desirability of using the phrase “natural heritage” vs. “biodiversity,” at least in public discourse. In any...
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How much land is enough for all species to survive?
This, a recent Sunday newspaper column of mine, starts with a quote from Teddy Roosevelt. Red the whole piece and let me know what you think. Is three percent of our land enough? Four percent?
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Craig Venter’s bugs will save the world (?)
That’s a stretch, but don’t mention it to the headline writers toiling over the pages of the New York Times Magazine. How about humanity just save the ones the world already has? It’s called...
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Quote of the week
“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends to do otherwise.” - Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
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