Drought Drains Lake Mead to Lowest Level as Nevada Senator Calls for Government Audit As the largest reservoir in the U.S. falls to its lowest water level in history, Nevada State Sen. Tick Segerblom introduced a bill title and issued a press…
FROM THE NYTIMES: Movements like Bill McKibben’s 350.org, for instance, might engage people, [Paul] Kingsnorth told me, but they have no chance of stopping climate change. “I just wish there was a way to be more honest about that,”…
The energy boom is upending a lot of old assumptions about the viability of U.S. manufacturing, and it’s as key to American success as the invention of the Internet, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told CNBC on Wednesday. “Cheap energy—the revolution…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Zephyr was only in its fourth year of publication when the effects of an already runaway recreation/tourist/amenities industry became a real worry, at least to me. The reality of it was a sobering wake-up call and I…
Solar power and other distributed renewable energy technologies could lay waste to U.S. power utilities and burn the utility business model, which has remained virtually unchanged for a century, to the ground. That is not wild-eyed hippie talk. It is the…
(Note: this article first appeared in the June/July 2005 Zephyr) They’re still doing it, enviro outfits consulting consultants. The latest attack of this ailment is described in a column by Amanda G. Little. (1) A year ago about 20 “national”…
Gather a few confirmed environmentalists in any room and give them 90 minutes to get acquainted, and the conversation will inevitably coalesce around one question: What’s the deal with those conservatives? It is almost impossible for a liberal, especially one…
Experiencing the Great Basin Desert in Nevada seems to involve an inner war of perceptions. Here’s how it went for me. Just after Gail and I turned our rental car due south on Alternate U.S. Highway 93 from the fortress…
Construction continues on the “Colorado River Elevated Bikeway.” These images were taken on July 18. Proponents of the project obtained additional funding to extend the bikeway all the way to the mouth of Negro Bill Canyon. Whether the bikeway goes…
It’s been well past a year—January 28, 2012—since my dear friend and mentor and kindred spirit, Martin Murie passed away. For almost a quarter century, I often turned to him for support and advice and understanding the way a son…