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

Show All Articles

2016-11-12Externalizing the Costs: Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus
2016-10-21Libertarian Ideology Alleges that Climate Change Is a Hoax: Green Energy Times
2016-09-25Science versus libertarian billionaires - Getting right with the planet: Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus
2015-08-16Caring for our common home: Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2014-06-29Costs of severe storms require a fossil carbon tax: Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2013-06-02Spring resilience and fossil carbon taxes: Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2011-12-04A miraculous protocol saved the ozone layer: Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2011-07-31Our children’s future is a changing natural world: Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2011-05-08Real power lies in resilience, not risk: Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
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
2010-06-06Oil disasters and the transition to sustainability: Rutland Herald
2010-03-07Winter waste management: Rutland Herald
2009-08-02The choices we face: 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