Ice, snow, so where’s the global warming?
As winter weather hits, many people confuse the current weather (cold) with the long-term direction of the climate (warmer).
Thanksgiving in troubled times
Food, family, traffic jams, thankfulness - all are part of Thanksgiving, but, especially this year, there is more.
Are we left behind in the ‘green production’ revolution?
Institute for America's Future experts: China has a national industrial strategy. We do not. And we better come up with one soon.
First Americans & all Americans
Fulfilling a campaign pledge, President Obama met with nearly 400 leaders of Native American tribes, Nov. 5, at a White House Tribal Nations Conference.
The next nasty attack from the right
The discussion - if one can call it that - of global warming is going to be painful, particularly if the make-Obama-fail crowd has its way.
Book Review: Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Greenhouse gases can be both a curse and a blessing. Too little in the atmosphere leads to the cooling of the earth, too much to its heating up. If the atmosphere were free of greenhouse gases, the average temperature of the earth would be approximately zero degrees Fahrenheit (a new ice age), instead of the present 57 degrees.
