It could never happen now, but could it happen again two years from now? It was ten years ago today that then-NASA scientist James Hansen testified in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding the George W. Bush administration’s assault on climate science. In his written testimony, Hansen observed: There is […]
Betsy Rosenberg
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The Camera Never Denies
Good on Mark Phillips of CBS News for his series this past week on the impact that human-caused climate change is having on our world. After years of US broadcast and cable entities downplaying and dismissing the importance of this issue, it was quite impressive to see Phillips and CBS report on the climate crisis […]
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Music is My Sanctuary
Ten years ago, when John Mayer released the single “Waiting on the World to Change,” I thought it was one of the corniest songs ever recorded, a hyper-earnest lament about the social and political repression of what we now call “Millennials.” I couldn’t believe that the single was successful, and considered it just one more […]
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Those Who Do Not Learn from History
Look how much has changed–and how much has not. It was fifteen years ago today that President George W. Bush, flanked by Vice President Dick Cheney, spoke in the Rose Garden and defied right-wing ideology by acknowledging that human-caused climate change was real. It was a frustrating speech in many respects, filled with the usual […]
