Another day, another stroll in the snow, deeper now than the day before. Such is our fate as climate change utterly fails to make itself felt. This is the kind of winter we had several times in the 1970s and ’80s, if memory serves. (hh)
The Blizzard of ’14
Written February 7th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
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.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: climate change, coal, natural gas, Northwest Natural, Pacific Power, wildlife, Winter weather
Tags: climate change, coal, natural gas, Northwest Natural, Pacific Power, wildlife, Winter weather
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
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 […]
Cold facts about warming
Written December 20th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
In the endless media coverage of climate change, we are bombarded with a lot of pseudofacts, so it’s nice now and then to come across just plain facts — cold facts, so to speak — and some of those became available a few days ago.
‘Top climate expert’ faces prison
Written December 16th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
Well, speaking of climate change, one of the federal government’s policy experts on the subject turns out to have been a crook. He is John C. Beale, 65, who is scheduled to be sentenced in Washington Wednesday after pleading guilty to defrauding the government by drawing almost $1 million in pay and benefits while doing no […]
Albany Albany City Council Albany council Albany downtown Albany housing Albany parks Albany Planning Commission Albany police Albany Post Office Albany Public Works Albany riverfront Albany Station Albany streets Albany traffic Albany urban renewal apartments Benton County bicycling bike lanes Bowman Park Bryant Park CARA City of Albany climate change COVID-19 Cox Creek Cox Creek path Crocker Lane cumberland church cycling Dave Clark Path DEQ downtown Albany Edgewater Village Ellsworth Street bridge Highway 20 homeless housing Interstate 5 land use Linn County Millersburg Monteith Riverpark North Albany North Albany Road ODOT Oregon legislature Pacific Boulevard Pacific Power Portland & Western Queen Avenue Railroads Republic Services Riverside Drive Santiam Canal Scott Lepman Talking Water Gardens Tom Cordier Union Pacific urban renewal vandalism Water Avenue Waterfront Project Waverly Lake Willamette River
Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved. Hasso Hering.
Website Serviced by Santiam Communications
Climate plan: What else is new?
Portland and Multnomah County have drafted a 30-page plan to deal with “climate change.” You’ll be happy to know that it doesn’t propose anything that isn’t already being done or that prudent communities in Oregon would not do based on the climate we have.
Tags: climate change, Multnomah County, Portland plan