Wildfire at Great Dismal Swamp NWR growing and growing

It’s a lightning-caused fire, but I still hate to see a fire burning at one of my all-time favorite natural and wild areas. Lake Drummond, for years, was among my favorite hiking destinations during off-duty weekends from Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Va. Come on, rain.

California dams to feel impact of climate change

Just 45 miles west of where I type this, a coal-fired power plant does its thing: Belching carbon dioxide and other pollutants as customers go about their consumption of electricity generated by the plant. In a new wrinkle to the climate-change forecast, the hydroelectric dams that help power California stand to undergo some pretty radical changes as the Earth’s climate changes. This article explains.

An almanac of extreme weather

I just finished reading this top-notch op-ed from today’s New York Times. It’s written by a Minnesota farmer and it’s on target regarding weather, climate and the future. Most Americans, let’s remember, think that food — their food — comes from the grocery store, not from fields that are sometimes thousands of miles away from their homes. And how did that food get to their local grocery? By trucks burning a fossil fuel, as in diesel and gasoline. Wake up, folks.