Snorkeling in seven-degree weather

"\"TweetShareShareOccasionally the full ridiculousness of modern, rich-country existence slaps you square on the cheek. It should happen more often. This morning, I was washing off fresh raspberries when I told Maya, 8, “You know, this is...

Randy Udall, energy poet

"\"TweetShareShareThey found Randy Udall yesterday — he had been hiking alone on a remote trail up in Wyoming’s Wind River Range, a place he knew well. Poles were still in hand, the Denver Post reports. “Randy left this Earth...

Population argument bombs

"\"TweetShareShareThe Denver Post did a sort of quasi book-review\\\/reax piece today to Weekly Standard writer Jonathan Last’s What to Expect When No One’s Expecting: America’s Coming Demographic Disaster. Cute, but no panacea...

Global warming, empty bellies

"\"TweetShareShareA few months ago, Micah Williams, TEDxMileHigh’s newest (and only full-time) employee, asked if I might write a blog post about climate change. I said “sure,” and then I thought about what I could say about...

Colorado wildfires aren’t so big

"TweetShareShareGiven the play of the Waldo Canyon (Colorado Springs), High Park (Fort Collins) and Boulder (Flatirons) wildfires, I’m getting notes and calls from folks worried that flames are approaching our home in east Denver, 20 miles f...

Oil Shale Decision Right On

"TweetShareShareThe U.S. Department of Interior’s\u00a0decision to limit land leases on oil shale \u2014 a euphemism for rock mixed with kerogen with the energy content of french fries \u2014 was wise. I wrote up a story pitch after the Bush...

Imaging Earth, 2012 vs. 1972

"\"TweetShareShareNASA has released a phenomenal image: Taken by the the Suomi NPP spacecraft on January 4. Ball Aerospace built the NPP spacecraft; the instrument, the snappily named\\u00a0Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), is...