Newspaper articles and opinion pieces

Columns and feature articles written for the Sunday Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus in Vermont (and since 2016 the Green Energy Times, which may be edited versions of Herald articles).

For each year, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and now 2022 and 2023 there is an compilation of my "Planet" newspaper columns on the 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.

Since 2016, edited versions of my newspaper articles and recently many new articles have been published in the Green Energy Times (see annual collections to right)

Filter By Topic: Climate Change; Community solutions; Earth system; Forests; Local Food; Policy; Renewable energy; Scientific integrity; Seasonal climate; Waste management; Water

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2022-12-12Plug-in Hybrids are an important transition: Green Energy Times
2021-12-15Limited progress at COP 26: Green Energy Times
2021-02-27Truth and the Earth: Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2020-11-16The Task Before Us: Green Energy Times
2019-04-13Saving our children: Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2019-03-15The clash between oil and the future: Green Energy Times
2018-06-02Our responsibility to the Earth: Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2018-04-07Lessons from winter: Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2017-04-22Getting there more efficiently: Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2017-04-21Tacking transport this spring: Green Energy Times
2016-11-12Externalizing the Costs: Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus
2016-08-18Please tell me the weather next month!: Green Energy Times
2016-08-07Please tell me the weather: Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2016-06-18Transforming Energy Use in New England: Green Energy Times
2016-04-15Welcome This Early Spring: Green Energy Times
2015-10-04Warm Fall Brings Hope: Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2015-03-15Working with the Earth: Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2013-01-20Reflections on our environment, five years later: 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
2012-05-20Climate change requires us to become an energy-efficient society: 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
2009-06-21Protecting our forests: Rutland Herald
2009-05-10Balancing technology, economics and values: Rutland Herald
2009-04-05Envisioning a sustainable energy future: Rutland Herald
2008-10-05Care for our forests: Rutland Herald
2008-08-03Facing the truth about our policies: Rutland Herald
2008-06-08See the sun in the moon: Rutland Herald
2008-01-20Welcome to the planet: Rutland Herald

Yearly Collections of my newspaper articles

These collections of articles blend science and opinion with a systems perspective as they go through the seasons, dealing with weather, climate, energy and policy issues. They encourage the reader to explore alternative and hopeful paths for themselves, their families and society. I have written them so that a scientist will perceive them as accurate (although simplified); while the public can relate their tangible experience of the weather to the much broader issues of climate and climate change. As political attacks on climate science have increased in recent years, I have expanded my social and political commentary, since earth scientists share responsibility for the future of the Earth!

Here is a citable reference list for the Climate, Energy and Community, 'Planet' series with DOIs till 2017; continuing through 2023. My Green Energy Times annual collections run from 2016 to present.

Special climate topics

Short papers covering selected topics in more detail