Author Archives: Betsy Rosenberg

Adam Brandt: America’s Natural Gas System Is Leaky

AdamA new study puts the brakes on the rush to fuel vehicles with natural gas. Asst. Professor Adam Brandt, with Stanford's Department of Energy Resources, joins us with takeaway points from his research on extractive methane leaks negating the benefits of natural gas and climate change.

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Jim Morris: Big Oil, Bad Air!

Jim-Morris-2873Despite the Obama administration’s insistence that natural gas must be a part of United States energy policy, it’s increasingly clear that natural gas is not all that it’s “fracked” up to be–and that it has already inflicted harm upon communities, our country, and climate. Jim Morris of the Center for Public Integrity discusses a new report on how the fracking industry has messed with, and messed up, Texas. 

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Doug Grandt: “Write to Rex, Write Away!”

DgTireless–and fearless– climate activist Douglas Grandt discusses his efforts to encourage ExxonMobil to care about our climate, one letter at a time… Doug’s letters to Rex Tillerson, Barack Obama and the State Department are archived at http://TellRex.com.  His 350+ letters to Rex are in a collection http://bit.ly/letters2Rex . He encourages everybody to “Write to Rex, Write Away!”

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McKenzie Funk: Windfall, the booming business of global warming

Funk-mckenzie1Human-caused climate change will be calamitous for many–and extremely profitable for a few. McKenzie Funks new book “Windfall, The booming business of global warming” examines the interests that stand to cash in on the consequences of carbon.

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Porter Fox: The Future of Snow

PorterFox-295x300As the world tunes in to the summery Winter Games at  Sochi, author and skier Porter Fox discusses the threat climate chaos poses to the ski industry, winter sports, and even the Olympics themselves. Slushy conditions already affecting athletes results in Russia. From snow boarding to snow hoarding–what does it portend?

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