Dry Colorado
Great piece by Matt Jenkins in the latest High Country News about the Colorado River, and how it doesn’t really have as much water as we think. If you care about western water (or love a good water yarn), go read the whole thing.
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Elephant Diaries: On Feeling Outnumbered
We’ve always been outnumbered. It’s getting worse: Packs of lobbyists fill two rooms outside the House and Senate chambers in Richmond every afternoon, watching the proceedings on big video screens, zapping legislators with e-mails the instant the lobbyists sense that one of their bills might be in trouble. The interest groups that hire lobbyists can …
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The Dance of the Gasoline Prices
Clearing out some old piles of reading material, I ran across an old CBO report from a year ago on gasoline prices. It seems so long ago, my obsession with elasticities (short term and long) and the effect of rising energy prices on behavior large and small. Many drivers have responded to higher gasoline prices …
Spring?
Spring? Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. I’ve got work to do this afternoon, but I’m completely distracted by the show outside. It’s been so dry here that I had to turn on some water in the backyard. That’s drawn the birds like nutso – juncos, sparrows and house finches mostly, but I saw a couple lesser …
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere, Dry Weather Edition
Closing out a rainless February, Albuquerque ties the record for driest start to a year. update: Just for the record, while there was no rain at the official Albuquerque weather station, I did record 0.01 inch at my house Feb. 11.
It’s All About the Water
It all comes down to water: Two-thirds of the world’s population will face a lack of water in less than 20 years, if current trends in climate change, population growth, rural to urban migration and consumption continue, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro warned today. Worth noting that, given climate change commitment, only three of …
In Defense of Walter Sullivan
When I was trying to learn the craft of writing about the earth, a geologist who was serving as my guide said I had to read Walter Sullivan’s Continents in Motion. The book was a revelation to me – for the skill with which Sullivan explained the science of plate tectonics, but more importantly for …
Elephant Diaries: RIP The Rocky
Rocky Mountain News to close, publish final edition Friday
Elephant Diaries: Yeah, It’s That Bad
So bad that even fictional journalists are getting laid off: (Thanks to Emily for bringing this to my attention.)
Elephant Diaries: add the Chron to your list
The San Francisco Chronicle has been one of the newspaper industry’s great web successes. Its on line audience is among the largest in the country. By the end of the year, it could cease to exist. Just a reminder, this is not about figuring out how to get news delivery right on the web. The …
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