Belated Earth Day to you all. Mike’s message below describes why so many of us at the Sierra Club, and in so many other organizations, are fighting so hard to combat climate change and why, despite all the reasons to be discouraged, instead, we are optimists. The task is achievable and the benefits are enormous in…
While I am by no means a John Muir scholar, my friend and former Sierra Club President (who signed my Life Member certificate in 1989 in that capacity) and fellow Sierra Club Foundation Board member Richard Cellarius does know a great deal about the founder of Sierra Club who also appears on the California Quarter. And it is fitting that…
This information is pretty self explanatory. We’re heading headlong into very serious consequences and the conventional wisdom that things MAY change slowly is simply not adequate. We need to quit emitting CO2 by mid century and be well along the way by 2030 if we are going to be able to cope with the adaptation necessary in any orderly, reasonable…
Imagine it is 1964 and the CEO/Chairman of Phillip Morris at a company Annual Meeting makes a statement to the affect that “We now believe that smoking is the worst thing you could ever do for your health, causes cancer and other terrible health problems and has a good chance of killing you. Furthermore, we are going to label all…
The following is the 10th article l am sending documenting that the transition from fossil fuels to a green energy economy is not some vague future pipe dream but is happening NOW. Personally coming from a career in the automotive business I am labeling these article as “Buckle Up” because the road ahead is changing fast. It could be bumpy…
Well, here we are going down the road that 97% of scientists have told us we’re going to travel. And it is happening faster than scientists were comfortable telling us would be the case but warned was very possible. And yet we allow a small, but vocal, group of people who either deny that these scientifically proven events are occurring…
The following is the 9th of the articles l am sending documenting that the transition from fossil fuels to a green energy economy is not some vague future pipe dream but is happening NOW. Personally coming from a career in the automotive business I am labeling these article as “Buckle Up” because the road ahead is changing fast. It could…
A short note to start the week… China. We’ll see what they actually do but at least they are now saying the right things. I know there are skeptics out there that get this email but it’s better to hear the Chinese say the right things and hopefully act on their words rather than having them even deny a…
Sunday morning July 29, 1990 6:50 AM. 42 degrees The sun is creeping down the ridge to the west. A pot of water is on the stove. Jeff’s still in the sack. A light breeze is blowing. Swift Creek is flowing by us making the usual creek noise. Up the valley the sound of a waterfall or rapids is a…
The climate change research and data (and the weather outside your door) has become so compelling that the world is finally moving on from debating the issue to figuring out how to adapt and mitigate the worst effects that are increasing rapidly coming at us. And, of course, the reason isn’t simply the data. It’s the money!! I…