FIRST, A (PARTIAL!) PAUSE FROM THE UNENDING AND UNENVIABLE TASK of responding to those folks who feel that denying reality (climate change) often enough and cleverly or vehemently enough will release us all from the heavy burdens of that future reality. I want to acknowledge a debt (of reader pleasure) to two outstanding columnists, Carolyn […]
City Council to decide on $150K climate grant
Benicia City Council will decide Tuesday whether to accept a $150,000 grant that would pay for an assessment of the effects of climate change on Benicia’s coastal areas, as well as the development of a plan to address vulnerabilities. City Manager Brad Kilger has recommended the Council take the California State Coastal Conservancy up on […]
Jerome Page: Science versus the corporate world
FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW I HAVE BEEN ENDEAVORING to make my pitch for sanity in our handling of the issues related to global warming. I have a huge stockpile of pieces, many hundreds, dominated by the opinions and the research — much of that the very basic research of the most qualified climate scientists in […]