Skiers and snowboarders, here is what you should know: Most of what you love about skiing is going to change dramatically because of climate change. Scientists have been saying this for years, but now professional snowboarders and skiers like pro boarder Forrest Shearer, a supporter of The Wilderness Society, are coming together to s

The latest Gallup Environment poll shows strong public support for maintaining protection for key environmental benefits while relatively weaker support for dealing with the threat of global warming to all we hold dear:

In the classic Shakespeare tragedy Julius Caesar, the titular Roman emperor meets his terrible fate with when the Roman Senate stabbed him 23 times.  The Clean Air Act, and the EPA that enforces it, experienced a similar senatorial fate today, being blindsided by the Senate when Minority Leader McConnell unexpectedly attached an EPA-gutting bill to a separate small business bill being debated on the floor.

The introduction of a bill by Rep. Upton (R-MI) and Senator Inhofe (R-OK) to block EPA from acting to protect the public health is the next step in a transparent strategy orchestrated by the fossil fuels lobby to put profits ahead of people.

It reminds me of the classic Alphonse and Gaston comic strip, but with a twist.   You may recall that neither Alphonse nor Gaston ever made progress because every time they came to a door, they would get paralyzed by excessive politeness, and nothing would be accomplished until they met some unfortunate end or another.