Month October 2007

Southern California fires

“I live in Santiago Canyon. One minute last night the stars were out and the winds calm. The next minute there was fire literally jumping over the ridge. We had five minutes to evacuate.” – featured comment, front page LA…

Yes, Kansas

Citing concerns about global warming, Kansas’ top regulator today denied a long-awaited permit to build a controversial coal plant in western Kansas. This is further proof, if any still be needed, that concern about global warming is a mainstream issue…

The credit crisis demystified

Wherein it is explained how an unemployment man sitting on a stoop morphs into a Structured Investment Vehicle worth $100 million. Oh wait, it was worth $100 million, then it wasn’t, now no one has a clue what actually it’s…

Dealing with drought

Reduced snowpack due to global warming may prove a bigger problem than rising oceans. But if we get past the Yuck Factor, then water can be reprocessed, saving enormous amounts of money and water as well. Perhaps we will have…