Book Shelf, Book 3- A Spiritual Field Guide: Meditations for the Outdoors
A SPIRITUAL FIELD GUIDE: MEDITATIONS FOR THE OUTDOORS
By Bernard Brady and Mark Neuzil
Brazos Press, $12.99
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Book Shelf, Book 1-The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
THE GRAIL BIRD: HOT ON THE TRAIL OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
By Tim Gallagher
Houghton Mifflin Company, $25
Reviewed by CHRISTINE HEINRICHS
The announcement of a confirmed sighting of the ivorybilled woodpecker in April 2005 was greeted like a confirmed extraterrestrial alien sighting. It was astonishing, contrary to accepted general wisdom, breathtaking.
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Book Shelf, Book 4- The Republican War on Science
THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE
By Chris Mooney
Basic Books, $24.95
Reviewed by STUART LEAVENWORTH
Here's a news flash: President George Bush and some of his minions have targeted scientists who don't share their agenda. They have intimidated certain government researchers, reassigned those who cause trouble for key constituencies and discouraged an entire generation of biologists, climatologists and other professionals from ever working on the federal payroll.
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Troubling Predictions Come True For Reporter And Friends
By KATINA GAUDET
"We have a different fear of hurricanes."
My friend Yasmin was trying to rationalize her fearlessness in the face of an imposing Hurricane Katrina, expected to make landfall near New Orleans the next day, from her first-floor Uptown apartment.
But I was having difficulty, although safe in a hotel room near Memphis. I was frantic, yelling into the phone at Yasmin, "You cannot stay there."
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Can 'Sustainable' Branding Save the World?
A five-day gathering of 650 marketing pros focuses on whether do-gooder marketing is the key to survival in a cut-throat economy. But are they merely 'greenwashing' the same old products?
Source: Monterey Co. Weekly, 06/12/2009
"Defending Fall Creek"
Lawsuits and tree-sits are among the tactics that activists in the Eugene, Oregon, area are using to resist clearcutting of a patch of ancient forest under the BLM's Western Oregon Plan Revisions.
Source: Eugene Weekly, 06/12/2009
Canada Beats US, Mexico at Toxics Reporting
"The United States and Mexico might consider emulating Canada when it comes to public reporting of industrial pollutants that are released into the air or water or transferred for disposal or recycling, suggests a new report."
Source: Canadian Press, 06/12/2009
"Twister Trackers Try To Decode Tornadoes"
"The largest, most sophisticated tornado chase ever assembled has been roaming the Great Plains for the past five weeks looking to crack some of the basic mysteries about the wildest storms on Earth."
Source: NPR, 06/12/2009
Rep. Henry Waxman: "Marathon Man"
"Henry Waxman’s climate change bill won’t make it into law this year. That’s why he’s the right guy for the job."
Source: Washington Monthly, 06/12/2009
FEMA Measures Climate Impact on Flood Insurance
"Federal officials are struggling to calculate the fiscal impact that climate change could have on the nation's troubled public flood insurance program, amid predictions of intensifying downpours and more potent hurricanes."
Source: ClimateWire, 06/12/2009
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