The survey of more than 100 waterways downstream from treatment plants and animal feedlots in 30 states found minute amounts of dozens of antibiotics, hormones, pain relievers, cough suppressants, disinfectants and other products. It is not known whether they are… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
I'm trying mostly to ask questions. And not just trying to stake out a position on something, but also trying to define the stuff we agree on. I'm having battles with comment posters trying to insert a little sense of order so it's not just a long pissing match between the edges, which is what I think a lot of… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share
I can tell you many reasons why environmental stories don't get adequate attention in conventional media. Basically, environmental risks don't fit the norms of… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
...probably the single-most concrete and substantive thing an American, young American, could do to lower our carbon footprint is not turning off the lights… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
Every time someone reads a story about the politics poisoning the global warming stuff it makes it feel like a political story, meaning it's Us and Them, instead of what it is: this profound challenge we face given our energy norms right now, the fuels of convenience toward something new. No matter what the politics are, it's still an enormous… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share
There are still people who essentially live in intellectual silos and either read Mother Jones or watch Fox News, based on their worldview. And… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
The things that happen are an earthquake, another bomb in Iraq, some big jolt on Wall Street in oil prices, and then you have… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
Additional federal studies are under way to see if any contamination reaches taps or ground water used for drinking, but the program under which they are conducted, the toxic substances hydrology program of the geological survey, is slated to be eliminated under budget cuts proposed by the Bush administration, government officials said... estrogens and similar compounds are increasingly the focus… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share
We're an amazingly adaptive and resilient species. Once we put our mind to global warming, I have no doubt we'll figure a way through… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
When I wrote a long story about the retreat of sea ice, I made clear it could go the other way for a while,… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
The aspects of global warming that matter most to people - how rapidly will the seas rise? Are hurricanes already getting stronger? How strong… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
Scientists are also unnerved by the summer's implications for the future...proof that human activities are propelling a slide toward climate calamity...humans may have tipped… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
