Category Archives: environment

Gamma rays and the oil spill

Posted on June 7, 2010 by

Curious about the connection? Be sure to ask Steven Chu, who is the Nobel-Prize winning Energy Secretary: Obama has also called in some of the many scientists on the federal payroll, led by Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning … Continue reading →

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The new big agricultural problem

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

I’ll admit, I laughed a little bit when I first heard the term “superweed” in this morning’s New York Times.  But you keep reading the NYT piece about a weed that is resistant to most forms of weed killers, you … Continue reading →

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Why I hate the Politico, Part 3

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

So my favorite publication had a new piece about the Obama response to the gulf oil spill.  Unsurprisingly, it looks at the entire situation from a P.R. perspective and concludes: The ferocious oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is … Continue reading →

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Just how bad is what happened in Louisiana?

Posted on April 30, 2010 by

The answer appears to be… pretty bad.  After reading an excellent (and long) summary of the situation by the Huffington Post, there are a few key factors that are leading to this spill potentially being worse than the Exxon Valdez: … Continue reading →

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