Rejuvenating the green groups and climate change

I long served on the board of Pennsylvania Audubon, the state's office of National Audubon, and recall sitting through many meetings focused on such things as Audubon's Important Bird Area program. Now, as this NY Times article makes note of, the agenda at Big Green is climate change and refocusing the outreach on that pressing issue has meant changing basic operations. Read the article and let me know what you think.

The value of science

Don't look to wacky Republicans in Congress for a true understanding of what the role of science should be in public policy. After all, to many Republicans the following are truisms: The Earth is flat, global warming is a hoax, and something ill-labeled as "intelligent design" should be taught in public schools. This op-ed points out, in good words, what science truly is to public policy.

Insist that people co-existed with dinosaurs . . . and get an A in science class

This educational debacle is from Oklahoma. I'm not surprised. Read about it here.