Maine’s Aroostook County — the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island put together — is way north. Bordering the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, many of its people […]
Tag: global warming
The coming El Niño could be a glimpse of a grim future
by Mark Gongloff Thanks to El Niño, the world is about to experience something like time travel to the year 2050. It won’t be pleasant. But rather than devolve into […]
Strange weather becoming normal
Too many people believe that snow and cold weather are proof that “global warming” is a hoax, but no one ever said climate change meant no more snow. Rather, while […]
Climate change lies is its own industry
by T. Nelson Thompson Over the holidays too many years ago, when I was little more than a toddler, I was caught in a baldfaced lie after having exhausted the […]
Scientists love to issue warnings
by Faye Flam Climate-change activists should take some lessons from the mismanagement and miscommunication surrounding the pandemic. In both cases, people across the political spectrum feel helpless in the face […]
The year (bleep) got real
“There’s a choice we’re making. We’re saving our own lives.” — from “We Are The World” Yes, this is early. That ritual where the columnist assigns the year a theme […]
This column is about climate change
What might get you to read it? by Naomi Ishisaka The evidence is everywhere. There was, of course, the Northwest’s 2021 heat dome, which brought deadly scorching temperatures to the […]
March 13 letters to the editor
Not enough proof harm reduction works This letter is in response to the editorial published March 5. The editor took great liberty in drawing conclusions about my character and opining […]
COP26 failed: What needs to happen
by Peter Kalmus The one thing the climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, made clear is that human society remains in business-as-usual mode, with no meaningful curb on fossil fuel use. […]
Agreements made at COP26 not enough
The 200 countries participating in COP26 (the 26th Conference of the Parties) in Glasglow, Scotland, hoped to have a final agreement on tackling climate change by the end of the […]
