Oil Industry Blasts New Climate Bill

From the New York Times:
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/oil-industry-blasts-house-climate-bill/?hp

The University of Chicago Press

From 1976 until 1980, I was at the University of Chicago Press doing book development. Projects varied dramatically, from an Atlas of the Great Apes to  A River Runs Through It. I was very young for the responsibility I had, poorly prepared…but they trusted me and I thrived.
In doing some research this afternoon I ran across [...]

Originality, Inspiration, and Tipping

I recently find myself struggling for original thought. As you might have noticed, my posts recently have been sparse and relay ’something else’ said or done. Generally, my body feels uncomfortable. Not unhealthy, just disquiet.
I’ve been particularly disturbed by our American economy. Not the money problems, but the social issues that caused the money problems. A friend [...]

The Public and Cap and Trade

My Illinois farmer friend, John Phipps, has been spending a lot of time worrying about cap and trade legislation. He recently blogged about this survey concerning the public’s understanding of the issue.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/environment/congress_pushes_cap_and_trade_but_just_24_know_what_it_is

Obesity and the Fastness of Food

 
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/obesity-and-the-fastness-of-food/

Cap and Trade vs Carbon Tax

Scott Edward Anderson’s blog speaks to our current climate change legislation debate.
http://greenskeptic.blogspot.com/2009/05/agree-to-disagree-cap-and-trade-vs.html

Economist Paul Krugman on the Cost of Cap and Trade

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/opinion/01krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

Justice Souter

A statement from Justice Souter’s acceptance speech when sworn in to the Supreme Court:
“What we try to do is pass it on, to make the gifts and kindnesses that come to us the kind of human currency that goes on traveling,” he said. “I will try to preserve it, transmit it, I hope refreshed, to [...]

Bound to Burn

An interesting article by Peter Huber of the Manhattan Institute on carbon, the developing world, and land use change.
http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_2_carbon.html