The Big Melt accelerates

And still, the politicians listen only to what the lobbyists for Big Coal and Big Oil polluters are telling them. Oh, and the campaign contributions from those same people/outfits help keep the status quo alive. What a disaster. Read about the Big Melt here.

Our lonely home in Nature

And thet is Nature with a capital "N." I really prefer, on top of that, the phrase "Wild Nature." With a capital W and a capital N. This NY Times column looks at the topic suggested by the headline.

Nature coming back at ex-parking lot

I found this relic from the happy motoring age just off Cornelia Street in Plattsburgh, N.Y., yesterday. It'll take another decade, at least, but nature is slowly pushing the asphalt off the land at this spot. Best wishes on fighting sprawl

Obama seeks to use oil and gas money to develop alternative fuel cars

For the Nth time, reporting like this skips entirely over the best alternative fuel of all time: Walking, as in burning calories not gasoline. The oil and gas royalties Mr. Obama targets to fund the development of alternative-fuel cars would simply continue the status quo. The current way of operating in the U.S. is to pave over nature and to keep doing so, ostensibly forever. I strongly suggest putting the same royalties to work for Wild Nature by spending them to buy and preserve - forever - the nation's dwindling natural landscape.