Letters and Op Eds

Footprints of renewables and fossil fuels As many of you have also likely heard, renewable energy skeptics claim that we’d have to “pave over paradise” [apologies to Joni Mitchell] using tremendous amounts of

Corals Past Tipping Point! As those of you who know me, this issue is personal for me. I’ve dived on spectacularly beautiful coral reefs and on dying and dead coral reefs. The difference

Footprints of renewables and fossil fuels As many of you have also likely heard, renewable energy skeptics claim that we’d have to “pave over paradise” [apologies to Joni Mitchell] using tremendous amounts of

Hope for west coast kelp beds – one sunflower sea star at a time Decades ago, I was fortunate to spend seemingly endless hours diving in California’s lush kelp beds.

Call to Action – Preserve the Endangerment Finding You’ll notice immediately that this “weekly article of special interest” is not about an article. It’s my request for you to submit

Wildfire & Climate feedback loops Here in Oregon our fire danger indicators vary between high and extreme for most of the summer and fall, a trend that has worsened over