After the just-concluded COP27 negotiations in Egypt, humanity faces a crisis. The UN -sponsored meetings failed to produce an agreement to reduce carbon emissions that are heating the globe …
Category: air pollution
Time to Shut Down the Public Lands Livestock Industry
(photo of trespass cattle in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Tom Ribe) We aren’t going to solve the climate crisis by doing a few easy things on the …
Americans Can’t Seem to Focus on the Elephant in the Room
I remember learning about environmental issues when I was a high school kid. I had a wonderful teacher who helped a group of us learn about overpopulation, pollution from coal …
Hermit Peak, Calf Canyon Fire Considered
A lawyer called me today to find out if I thought she might have a case against the federal government for its role in the origins of the Hermit Peak/Calf …
A Last Ski at Wolf Creek
(This post was written earlier before things got really busy around here.) Mid-April found me on the chairlifts at Wolf Creek Pass ski area on one of the last days …
The Looming Trump Disaster
Republicans had their big Conservative Political Action meeting in Florida this weekend. Most notable was the confusion and conflict the Russian attack on Ukraine is having on their party. The …
Harsh Lessons from an Ancient People
Bandelier National Monument offers the perfect blend of strange wilderness beauty and human interest with the mysterious cliff dwellings of long-gone Pueblo people. Early Pueblo people lived across this landscape …
Running out of Time: COP26 and the Human Future
The COP26 climate change talks just ended in Stockholm and Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish activist, told the world the truth about what went on. She summed up the …
A Story of Conservatives Running Away from Local Control
If you live in the rural West, you may get your electricity from a rural electric cooperative. If you do, you are a part owner of that coop and …
Methane from New Mexico Oil Wells Exacerbating Climate Change
New Mexico’s state budget depends on oil and gas for the bulk of the funds powering our state government. One third of the budget in 2019 came from oil and …
