Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , The Media and the Environment
Joel Sartore, a wildlife photographer famous for his portraits of endangered species against solid white and black backdrops, has a new book out, Rare. I love Sartore’s work, which strips animals of their context and forces the viewer to confront...
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , The Media and the Environment
February’s summary of all the reasons to have a little hope about wildlife conservation. If it pans out, this month’s best news of all has got to have been the return of wolves to Colorado. High Country News and other...
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
Trying to engage with climate skeptics is kind of like being thrown into a cafeteria food fight: lots of noise, frenetic activity, and juvenile behavior. Today’s National Review Online serves up a classic example. Citing a Washington Post article about...
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , The Media and the Environment
As I’ve noted, the last couple of weeks have been good ones for the polar bear, with the Obama Administration proposing both the designation of over 200,000 square miles of critical habitat the bear and increased international restrictions on polar...
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in The Media and the Environment
Just sayin’… (of course, Kaid left me in the dust long, long ago)...
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Andrew Sullivan links to a post by Professor Jonathan Adler at The Volokh Conspiracy about a poll that shows people are much less likely to describe themselves as “environmentalists” than they were 20 years ago.Adler is correct, I think, when he writes:...
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
I'm a big fan of George Will. He's easily one of the most entertaining and articulate pundits on ABC's This Week and he's a damn fine writer. Besides, my Dad loved the guy. Which is why it was so...
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in The Media and the Environment
On Sunday, the Washington Post published a fascinating article about John Muir Laws, the author and illustrator of a new field guide to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The book itself has gotten rave reviews and the illustrations, one of which...
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
John Tierney has an interesting column in today's New York Times (it doesn't seem to be available on the the Times' web site). The basic thrust of his piece is that "activists, journalists, and scientists" are all working together to...
