by Karl Coplan | Sep 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Scientists Announce That Humanity Can Afford to Burn Twice as much Carbon as Previously Thought.” File that thought among headlines-you-never-saw-in-the-New-York-Times. But buried in Eduardo Porter’s Economics Scene column last month endorsing...
by Karl Coplan | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
I watched Bill McKibben’s movie about his “Do the Math” Tour last night, and got to watch some of my good friends and personal environmental heroes getting arrested for civil disobedience protests against the Project XL pipeline. McKibben’s...
by Karl Coplan | Mar 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
No, this is not an early April-fools blog caption, though I realize it sounds like a bit of academic self parody. This week’s arguments in the constitutional challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (banning federal recognition of state-recognized same-sex...
by Karl Coplan | Jan 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today’s decision in the Los Angeles County case is a quick read. So quick, I thought I was just reading the syllabus. Still looking for an explanation of exactly how the Ninth Circuit decision “cannot be squared” with the rule of the Miccosukkee case...
by Karl Coplan | May 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today’s New York Times piece on the slow death of coal in the Southeast United States generally reports good news for the environment. The fact is, coal is not only dirty, it’s uneconomical as well, and with the implementation of existing environmental...
