Newspaper articles and opinion pieces

Columns and feature articles written for the Sunday Environment section of the Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus in Vermont.

For each year, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, there is a pdf collection of my newspaper columns (box on right).

Environmental Journalism Revisited outlines the history, philosophy and vision of the Sunday Environment page; and gives an overview of the published content during the first four years.

This letter from the 1927 flood in Vermont was published in the Herald in memory of the Irene flood.

2013-04-14Climate change brings many surprises

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2013-02-24Accelerating climate change brings more extreme weather

Rutland Herald

2013-01-20Reflections on our environment, five years later

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2013-01-06The price we pay for ignoring climate change

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-11-25Water plays key role in weather and our lives

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-11-11Extreme weather and climate change

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-10-07The leaders we have been waiting for

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-08-19Finding our way to a sustainable future

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-07-22Down to earth: Vt. scientist gauges climate from his garden - Kevin O'Connor

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-07-08Vermonters debate wind energy: Public input is part of the process

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-07-01A lost generation: No progress on reducing climate change

Rutland Herald/Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-06-30What’s In Store For Vermont - Washington Electric Coop Annual Meeting 2012

WEC Coop Currents - June 2012 Newsletter

2012-05-20Climate change requires us to become an energy-efficient society

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-04-08A glimpse into the future of our Vermont climate

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-02-26Vermont winters are changing rapidly

Rutland Herald/Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2012-01-15A year of weather disasters and climate inaction

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2011-12-04A miraculous protocol saved the ozone layer

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2011-10-23Understanding and dealing with a changing world

Rutland Herald

2011-09-11Vulnerability and resilience after tropical storm Irene

Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2011-09-04The second flood of 2011

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2011-07-31Our children’s future is a changing natural world

Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2011-06-19Floods and more floods get our attention

Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2011-05-08Real power lies in resilience, not risk

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2011-04-03Let’s be honest about our global interdependence

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2011-02-13Winter reflections on more signs of climate change

Rutland Herald

2011-01-02New Year’s reflections on our responsibility for the Earth

Rutland Herald

2010-11-21What to do with all this rain!

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2010-11-07Climate change affects fall and winter transitions in Vermont

Rutland Herald

2010-10-10Today is a day of climate action around the world

Rutland Herald

2010-08-29Earth’s Response to human stresses on the natural landscape

Rutland Herald

2010-07-18Human actions have local and global impacts

Rutland Herald

2010-07-04Lilacs grow green earlier ... and winter shrinks

Rutland Herald

2010-06-06Oil disasters and the transition to sustainability

Rutland Herald

2010-04-25Spring climate transition and new beginnings

Rutland Herald

2010-03-07Winter waste management

Rutland Herald

2010-02-11Real science, real world

Rutland Herald

2010-01-31Earth science and society

Rutland Herald

2010-01-24Decision time for Vt. Yankee

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2009-12-06The Copenhagen Challenge

Rutland Herald

2009-10-25Climate limits are closing in

Rutland Herald

2009-10-04Retrofitting your house for energy efficiency

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2009-09-13The Transition into Fall

Rutland Herald

2009-08-02The choices we face

Rutland Herald

2009-06-21Protecting our forests

Rutland Herald

2009-05-10Balancing technology, economics and values

Rutland Herald

2009-04-05Envisioning a sustainable energy future

Rutland Herald

2009-03-01Snow’s Global Impact

Rutland Herald

2009-01-18Winter reflections, one year on

Rutland Herald

2008-12-14Our planet in common

Rutland Herald

2008-11-17Sustainable Systems

Rutland Herald

2008-10-05Care for our forests

Rutland Herald

2008-08-31Weather center offers own model

Rutland Herald

2008-08-03Facing the truth about our policies

Rutland Herald

2008-07-06Water can’t be separated from life

Rutland Herald

2008-06-08See the sun in the moon

Rutland Herald

2008-05-11The Spring Transition

Rutland Herald

2008-04-13Spring green marks the return of life

Rutland Herald

2008-03-23A challenge we all face

Rutland Herald

2008-03-02The integrity of science

Rutland Herald

2008-02-10A look back, a look ahead

Rutland Herald

2008-01-20Welcome to the planet

Rutland Herald

2007-09-09How can we maintain our technological society?

Rutland Herald

2007-06-24Growing Pains: How global warming helps and hurts Vt. agriculture

Rutland Herald

2007-04-01Earth in the Balance.

Sojourners

2007-03-11Report is a landmark for humanity

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

2007-03-08Why Climate Change Report matters

Burlington Free Press

2007-02-04The real science of climate change

Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus