Author Archives: jbux

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. Aldo Leopold I recently took a … Continue reading →

A New York Times article reported on February 15 that documents were leaked which suggest that the Heartland Institute, an organization known for attacking climate science, is trying to undermine the teaching of global warming in schools by spending up to … Continue reading →

If you have about 22 minutes to spend learning about the Alberta Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline, I would like to suggest a little experiment. First, read this article (which should take about 5 minutes), and then watch this … Continue reading →

Today 800,000 messages opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline were delivered to the Senate. Environmental groups across the nation launched a campaign to collect half a million messages to Congress in 24 hours. They accomplished this goal in only 6 hours, … Continue reading →

I have been asking myself recently: knowing what I know, why I am not a vegetarian? My answers range from: I’m from Texas! to I’m hypoglycemic and need a lot of protein. But really I am just stalling. I like … Continue reading →

In reading the book Storms of My Grandchildren by James Hansen, I am becoming increasingly enraged by the scientific censorship Hansen described as occurring at NASA, presumably because the science did not promote the government’s agenda. In both his book and … Continue reading →

In reading about the Keystone XL Pipeline, I was definitely sensing a media bias. Depending on the source I was reading, the statistics seemed to vary wildly. I felt like I had to read many different sources in order to … Continue reading →