… and wishing we were in a place with a warmer climate. (hh)
Gun hearing: Reason still missing
Written February 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
For two and a half hours Thursday morning, witnesses at a state Senate committee hearing in Salem disagreed about SB 1551, which would expand the background check required in gun transactions to private sales and gifts. Chairman Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene kept track and said the Senate Judiciary Committee heard from 20 witnesses for the bill […]
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Tags: background checks, gun control, SB 1551, Senator Close, Senator Prozanski
Tags: background checks, gun control, SB 1551, Senator Close, Senator Prozanski
Obama and his climate hubs
Written February 5th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The federal government is doing something else to save us from climate change. The Washington Examiner’s headline: “Obama Administration Creates ‘Climate Hubs’ to Combat Extreme Weather.” Well, too bad they’re not in time to combat and perhaps repel what’s forecast for the Willamette Valley starting Thursday: another bout of snow and maybe ice.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: climate change, global warming, Global Warming Realists, Obama's climate hubs
Tags: climate change, global warming, Global Warming Realists, Obama's climate hubs
These gulls waited in vain
Written February 4th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
I didn’t have to ask what these gulls were doing in the parking lot at Albany’s Timber-Linn Park on this February day. They were waiting for somebody to come around to feed the ducks in the lake, and they meant to be there to claim their share.
Update on “warming’
Written February 4th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
It was only a shower, but it made a fitting background for a couple of points about winter in these latitudes. The main point is that we ought to be glad we still have thermal sources such as coal and natural gas to keep us warm and our houses and work places well lighted. Federal […]
How deadly is sugar really?
Written February 4th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Television and the press have just dished up another of those stories about how eating this or that is bad for us. This time it was about too much sugar and dying of heart disease. But as usual, the most important piece of information was missing: the odds of dying of heart disease regardless or […]
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The Blizzard of ’14
This winter storm may not become a routine event in western Oregon (we hope). Still, it is a useful reminder of what nature can do, and if we were not fully prepared this time, maybe we’ll do better from now on, or at least as long as we remember the Blizzard of 2014.
Tags: climate change, coal, natural gas, Northwest Natural, Pacific Power, wildlife, Winter weather