Fear of climate change, and of-ill conceived policies to halt it, are well founded. Climate change may have catastrophic consequences and prevention is critical. Alternatively, changes might be small, or even beneficial. Or, natural forces could overwhelm human impacts so nothing we can do will matter. Whichever position is correct, the costs of error are […]

The fall colors have peaked and the elk are bulging in nearby Yellowstone National Park. About 3 million people a year visit Yellowstone. The end of this tourist season gives a reprieve to the park’s crumbling infrastructure. This spring ground water penetrated leaky sewage lines and threatened to overflow a treatment pond. Park crews pumped […]