Author Archives: Norm Benson

Deforestation changes climate not the other way around

3-year Project for One Million Trees to be Planted in Africa’s Mt Elgon Region Begun A three-year project to increase forest cover and help local communities in eastern Uganda reverse the effects of deforestation has begun. While the project is billed as one to help reverse the effects of climate change (A UK Department forContinue reading “Deforestation changes climate not the other way around”

Global warming video provides a partial list of threats

So far global warming will cause (or might cause) over 800 threats. This A-Z video just skims the surface And while we’re reviewing anthropogenic global warming, over at Climate, Etc  Judith Curry reflects on how we all came to where we are. [T]he policy cart was put before the scientific horse, justified by the precautionaryContinue reading “Global warming video provides a partial list of threats”

A pox on humanity…and just in time for the holidays too!

The Fate of the World rests in your chip-laden hands. The holidays have arrived and you still don’t know what to get that dystopian gamer in the family, do you? You know the one: the moody, militant, and misanthropic neo-Malthusian who says that SimCity is for pussies. He’s sure that humanity is sucking down theContinue reading “A pox on humanity…and just in time for the holidays too!”

Weekend Postcard: Boggs Mountain State Forest

Winter is on its way in the northern hemisphere. Make sure to clear all those things that are meant to channel water: culverts, ditches, eaves, and the like. An ounce of prevention saves a ton of rock fill. If memory serves, this damage happened on Boggs Road 400 above Spikenard Creek near John’s Trail. (seeContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: Boggs Mountain State Forest”

This Week’s Environmental News Roundup

Here’s a list of the previous week’s stories that were interesting (to me at least). Are there any others that you think should be on the list? Please leave a comment. Convention on Biodiversity meets in Nagoya, Japan Ever since the United Nations’ 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, delegates have met periodicallyContinue reading “This Week’s Environmental News Roundup”

This Week’s Environmental News Roundup

Here’s a list of the previous week’s stories that were interesting (to me at least). Are there any others that you think should be on the list? Leave a comment. EPA approves more pollution and higher food prices On October 13, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived the limitation on selling fuel thatContinue reading “This Week’s Environmental News Roundup”

Is Africa turning its back on a green revolution?

The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) says that West African farmers do not like what Kofi Annan’s AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) is selling. What AGRA is selling is principally the tenets of Dr. Norman Borlaug’s Green Revolution: hybridized seeds, irrigation, and chemical pesticides and fertilizers for farmers. The WestContinue reading “Is Africa turning its back on a green revolution?”

A regulated forest

What makes for a regulated forest? A “regulated forest” consists of tree sizes in approximately equal parts (and age classes that correspond to the size classes). As the trees in a stand grow into the harvestable age class, equal volumes may be harvested at roughly equal intervals. Meyer (1961) says, it is “the organization andContinue reading “A regulated forest”