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Climatology

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Bill Nye the Science Guy Explains to FOX News Why Volcanoes on Moon Don't Disprove Climate Change on Earth

    ​Watch as former Seattleite and current genius Bill Nye "The Science Guy" betrays only the slightest vocal hint of are-you-fucking-kidding-me when FOX News anchor Jon Scott tries to connect the discovery of ancient volcanoes on the moon with climate change denial on earth.

  • Film

    November 10, 2010

    Cool It: A Skeptical Eye on Global Warming

    ​Watch as former Seattleite and current genius Bill Nye "The Science Guy" betrays only the slightest vocal hint of are-you-fucking-kidding-me when FOX News anchor Jon Scott tries to connect the discovery of ancient volcanoes on the moon with climate change denial on earth.

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2010

    Matthew E. Kahn

    ​Watch as former Seattleite and current genius Bill Nye "The Science Guy" betrays only the slightest vocal hint of are-you-fucking-kidding-me when FOX News anchor Jon Scott tries to connect the discovery of ancient volcanoes on the moon with climate change denial on earth.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Chicken Makes You Gay and Other Food Wisdom From Bolivian President Evo Morales

    With that outfit, something tells me President Morales has been eating a lot of chicken himself...​Organized as a counter to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth is underway right ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Green Is the New Rock

    The members of Pearl Jam will likely be pushing up daisies by the time they've offset the carbon impact of their last tour.

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    TV Weather Forecasters Deny Climate Change--Except the Ones in the Northwest

    Say it ain't so, Al.​It makes sense that there's a lack of consensus between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to climate change. But meteorologists and climate scientists? Really? I thought those guys were supposed to be on the same team. According to a study by researchers at George M ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2010

    Atom's Eve

    While environmentalists squabble, nuclear power is on the rise.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Maria Cantwell: Honorary Secretary of State

    Cantwell is a leader in the global climate conversation, as evidenced by her ability to pump biodiesel.​Washington's junior senator's sights haven't been focused on the home front so much these days. With the real Secretary of State Hillary Clinton busy dealing with the Afghanistan situation, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    What's It Like to Be Hounded by Global Warming Deniers? The UW's Eric Steig Knows All Too Well

    "You better show me your data."​For the global-warming's-a-fraud crowd, these have been a fun-filled few days. Hackers recently posted hundreds of private emails to and from climate scientists at the University of East Anglia in the U.K. The authors of the emails--like anyone in a similar situ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Four Reasons Ban Ki-moon Should Be Our Next Mayor

    Plus he's so much more pleasant to listen to.​Flanked by the CEO of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and two corporate executives, Ban Ki-moon offered up a vision for a greener future, showed a willingness to work with big business, a heart for getting women better healthcare, and a dri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Washington Policy Center Denies Global Warming Denial

    Todd Myers​Last week we wrote that the Washington Policy Center's environmental branch, the Center for the Environment, was composed of global warming denialists. Todd Myers, the WPC's environmental director, followed that post with an e-mail saying he was frustrated we hadn't contacted them f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Scary NOAA Charts & Graphs!

    ​El Nino? La Nina? Make up your damn mind already! (Sorry, our blog software doesn't do diacritical marks.) September and now October have proven to be remarkably mild and dry; and there's hardly been a trace of precip that would fall as snow in the mountains. Local weather guru Cliff Mass say ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    July's Weather Was Like Michael Phelps

    But can July do the butterfly?​Every time you looked, it was breaking a record. With an average temperature of 69.5 degrees, it's officially the warmest July in Seattle history (at least as measured at SeaTac--it ties a 1941 record from the Federal Building, where temps would presumably be war ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Welcome Back, El Nino

    NASA satellite image of El Nino in 2006. It looks kinda like a hypercolor Death StarFriend of lowland-dwellers and enemy of skiers and water supplies, El Nino appears to be on its way back. So says local weather expert Cliff Mass on his local weather blog. El Nino conditions occur when the surface t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Let's Make Every Hour, Earth Hour

    It used to be that you only had to spend twenty-four hours to pretend to care about saving the environment and fighting anthropogenic Global Warming. Now the City of Seattle has ratcheted the number up to twenty-five hours. The Mayor's office has sent out a press release saying Seattle will be par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    When Will Sightline Calculate the Economic Toll of Sound Transit?

    Sightline, the progressive environmental think tank, has come out with a Scorecard today--and you are doing very very badly. In fact, you got "a failing grade" on energy. Each of you spent, on average, around $2,500 on fossil fuels in 2008. "Fossil fuels took an unprecedented bite out of the regi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    The Sims Announcement

    It's official: He's out. The County Council will appoint his replacement (technically a non-partisan process since we voted to knock the Rs and Ds off the county positions--though party affiliation will certainly play into who gets the nod). More details on that process are forethcoming, but for now ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    SPL Holiday Book Sale

    It's official: He's out. The County Council will appoint his replacement (technically a non-partisan process since we voted to knock the Rs and Ds off the county positions--though party affiliation will certainly play into who gets the nod). More details on that process are forethcoming, but for now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Neil Young Offers Advice To Auto Industry

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • News

    November 5, 2008

    Our East Coast Autumn

    You’re not imagining it. It’s been nicer than usual.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Our East Coast Fall

    You’re not imagining it. It’s been nicer than usual.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Gore to the Choir:

    You’re not imagining it. It’s been nicer than usual.

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    The Last Polar Bear

    You’re not imagining it. It’s been nicer than usual.

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

    Alex Steffen Vs. Wired

    You’re not imagining it. It’s been nicer than usual.

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2008

    Is the Loch Ness Monster Dead?

    You’re not imagining it. It’s been nicer than usual.

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2007

    Take the Plunge for Global Warming

    You’re not imagining it. It’s been nicer than usual.

  • News

    November 14, 2007

    Local Ski Biz Bets It'll Beat Global Warming

    UW scientists predict brown mountainsides.

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Inslee's Hot for Change; Local Soldiers Lost in the Other War

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    Inslee's Apollo

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Film

    August 22, 2007

    The 11th Hour: Leo Saves the World With His Earnestness

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • News

    May 23, 2007

    After Adding a Hybrid to His Fleet, Mayor Nickels Gulped Even More Gas

    The mayor has two cars at his disposal, including a Ford Explorer.

  • Film

    May 31, 2006

    Al Gore

    The entirely calm, reasonable, and persuasive star of An Inconvenient Truth.

  • Film

    May 31, 2006

    An Inconvenient Truth

    Al Gore's sobering slide show doesn't quite add up to a movie.

  • News

    April 12, 2006

    Hubble and Global Trouble

    Events of note for the week of April 12-18, 2006.

  • News

    March 29, 2006

    Warm Globally, Act Locally

    Events of note for the week of April 12-18, 2006.

  • Arts

    March 22, 2006

    Hot Stuff

    Are you willing to read this book by candlelight?

  • Arts

    October 12, 2005

    The Worst-Case Best Seller

    How disaster lit became a perfect storm for the publishing industry. Smell a hurricane coming? Grab your pen and notebook.

  • News

    August 24, 2005

    The Drug Issue

    How disaster lit became a perfect storm for the publishing industry. Smell a hurricane coming? Grab your pen and notebook.

  • Arts

    March 2, 2005

    Overcooked

    Global warming? What global warming? Finally a best seller to support Dubya's environmental agenda.

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Media Follies!

    Global warming? What global warming? Finally a best seller to support Dubya's environmental agenda.

  • Food

    November 17, 2004

    El Niño

    Global warming? What global warming? Finally a best seller to support Dubya's environmental agenda.

  • Arts

    June 16, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Global warming? What global warming? Finally a best seller to support Dubya's environmental agenda.

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Conflating the loss of a hiking trip with the loss of people's livestock and homes isn't amusing."

  • Diversions

    May 26, 2004

    Unhappy Trails

    The Northwest's backcountry offers a grim preview of what's to come thanks to global warming.

  • News

    July 31, 2002

    Rogue Who?

    The Northwest's backcountry offers a grim preview of what's to come thanks to global warming.

  • News

    April 3, 2002

    Who Said It?

    The Northwest's backcountry offers a grim preview of what's to come thanks to global warming.

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    Down with Kyoto!

    The Northwest's backcountry offers a grim preview of what's to come thanks to global warming.

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    The dream that won't die

    The Northwest's backcountry offers a grim preview of what's to come thanks to global warming.

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Six degrees of... devastation?

    Forget the Y2K bug. Here's a real 21st-century crisis facing the Northwest: the coming drought years.

  • News

    September 16, 1998

    Green or greed?

    As Boeing appears intent on environmentalism, activists are skittish.

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