If only there was a court to try the cases in…
So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement.
But 212 representatives voted no…
And as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet.
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Parched winter months this year have put California agriculture into a tailspin. With a third dry year in a row, the state has been forced to deeply examine its strategies for coping with dry times. Many worry this drought is a harbinger of the long-term impacts of climate change, a concern echoed recently in a [...]

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Dear Kitchen Gardener,
What’s a home garden worth? With the global economy spiraling downward and Mother Nature preparing to reach upward, it’s a good question to ask and a good time to ask it.
There isn’t one right answer, of course, but I’ll give you mine: $2149.15. Last year, my wife Jacqueline suggested to me that [...]

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From the web…
That’s CalTech engineer David Rutledge, who spoke to EarthSky at a recent science meeting. He said governments around the world have overestimated coal reserves or, the amount of coal still available for energy use.
David Rutledge: That estimate, at least for these trends, appears to be high, for coal.
To figure out how high, Rutledge [...]

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Food is a microcosm of the macrocosm. Eating the right food is part of the solution to the problems of climate change and global hunger.(1)
Resurgence Magazine is focusing on Food this month.
I often find myself drawn to the subject of food…Not necessarily for reasons that would appear obvious. As a teenager I cut my proverbial [...]

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This link is as much for me as it is for you few folks who read these daily musings.
Farmer in Chief

By MICHAEL POLLAN
Dear Mr. President-Elect,
It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food. Food [...]

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Anything Wendell Berry writes is worth the time it takes to digest…My recommendation is to go spend some time today with the man…
The general reaction to the apparent end of the era of cheap fossil fuel, as to other readily foreseeable curtailments, has been to delay any sort of reckoning. The strategies of delay, so [...]

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Paul Krugman’s latest column focuses on food. Wander on over and check out his thoughts…
Grains Gone Wild – New York Times

These days you hear a lot about the world financial crisis. But there’s another world crisis under way — and it’s hurting a lot more people.
I’m talking about the food crisis. Over the past few [...]

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