Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
I’ve had that great 90’s hip hop tune “The Choice is Yours” in my head for a week now. It's been lodged there since I read comments from Shell’s chief executive in the The Guardian. What connects the Dutch oil giant...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I hit the Pitchfork Music festival this weekend in Chicago. A blissful weekend of indie rock that included a stellar live performance from Public Enemy.Chuck D, Flava Flav, Terminator X, and the S1Ws ripped through their classic album “It Takes...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Sadly, outbreaks of the cattle disease brucellosis have popped up in Montana and Wyoming recently. Though there has never been a documented case of the disease being transmitted from buffalo to cattle in the wild---and the geography of the outbreak...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman
While reading coverage of the current Midwestern flood disaster, I was floored by this headline: 'Giant sponge' saved Gurnee from flooding. Had the wise residents of this northern Illinois town erected a loofah levee? Or rigged a mound of porous kitchen...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
It is rare to find TV reality shows bumping heads with cutting edge science. But it happened last week with two unrelated releases… The CW network played the finale of its dating reality show, “Farmer Wants a Wife.” And The Climate Change...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Moving Beyond Oil
Prices at the pump are hitting us all pretty hard. Everyone is looking for a quick fix. And everyone is looking for someone to blame.NRDC’s recent win against the ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery air permits gave a target to some folks with...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
“Call back later---we are busy sandbagging.”That was all my worried sister-in-law heard from her former neighbors in Iowa City after calling to check up on them. The Iowa River runs through the leafy college town and after weeks of rain...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Moving Beyond Oil
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels was in Benton County last week to kick off construction of a new wind farm with BP executives. That embrace of alternative energy is something to celebrate, right? I was pretty excited by the news about the huge project...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yup, it sounds like a headline from The Onion, but I suppose that is part of the wacky world of western wildlife…The Montana Stockgrowers Association posted a statement on the Home page of their Web site denouncing efforts by NRDC...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
There are plenty of things I could be writing about here…but for some reason the State of Montana keeps forcing me to write about the Yellowstone buffalo. Just weeks after Governor Schweitzer publicly pledged that no more buffalo would be...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
This week it cost me $40 to fill up my car with gas. That got me to thinking…how much does it cost to fuel up a helicopter?Quite a leap, I know, but I have been reading press reports about the...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As rites of spring go, this a depressing one…The state of Montana has begun hazing America’s last remaining free-ranging buffalo herds from their traditional calving grounds back into Yellowstone National Park.I know, I know… Hazing. That doesn’t sound so bad,...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
NRDC has been shining a bright light on the ugliness in the Northern Rockies since grey wolves were delisted last month. To date the animals are being shot down at the rate of one a day in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana....continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Solving Global Warming
James Brown famously exclaimed “Give the drummer some…”BP could learn a lot from the late, great, Godfather of Soul.Last week was a very good one for the British oil giant. Tuesday, BP announced that they had brought in a jaw-dropping...continued→
