Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last year I had a chance to wander into the Wind River region of Wyoming with journalists, academics, and NRDC experts interested in getting to the bottom of the climate catastrophe that is unfolding in the region's whitebark pine...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch noted that a "veritable who's who of climate change skeptics and contrarians" will be gathering at a convention in Springfield, MO today. Speaking as a one-time resident of the Show-Me State, that news is disappointing enough---but...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Earth Day gets all the pub, but I've always been kinda partial to Arbor Day. I mean, really, how often do you even think about trees? This Arbor Day, features a couple of interesting tree stories: In the journal...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
I do a lot of the cooking in my house and Mark Bittman's book, How to Cook Everything, has become my kitchen bible. Bittman is not a chef. He's a journalist whose thoughtful stories have led him down a path...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
OK, let's be clear. I love my city. And with that love comes a grudging acceptance of Chicago's weather quirks---blizzards, heat waves, and everything in between. So, call me a booster, but I am extremely proud of the city's new effort to...continued→
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
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→
