Archive for September, 2009

Who’s behind the bogus climate ‘science’ campaign?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

An article in today’s Washington Post calls attention to the latest industry front group of climate-change deniers. According to the Post, the men behind the campaign are H. Leighton Steward, a veteran oil industry executive and Corbin J. Robertson Jr., chief executive of and leading shareholder in Natural Resource Partners, a coal resource owner that lets other companies mine in return for royalties.

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Nature Photo of the Week: Allen’s Hummingbird

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

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Skagit River: How Farming and Bird Conservation Help Each Other

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

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Helping Ken Burns uncover National Parks’ diversity

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Our own Frank Peterman had a hand in helping documentary maker Ken Burns find  one of the interesting characters portrayed in Burns’ much-anticipated series on national parks (The National Parks: America’s Best Idea), to begin airing on PBS on Sept. 27.

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Nature Photo of the Week: Young and Green

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

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