Two indigenous poets read a collaborative poem atop a melting glacier
Last summer, two indigenous poets collaborated to create a pretty badass project. That is, reciting their poetry on top of a melting glacier on a remote spot of southern Greenland’s… Read more »
When Francis Met Donald (or, Habemus problem)
Melville House author Pope Francis has been throwing shade at Donald Trump for a while now. You may remember that before the election, Francis said in a speech that “fear—as… Read more »
Employment of climate change denier Bret Stephens prompts New York Times subscribers to get their news elsewhere
Bret Stephens, the new opinion columnist at the New York Times, has some opinions about stuff. For one, he doesn’t really believe that climate change is real. He’s also been… Read more »
Why censor environmental information when you can abolish it?
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker’s proposal to slash state spending by eliminating a self-funding magazine published by the state’s Department of Natural Resources is provoking calls of bullshit from former agency… Read more »
It seems climate change is happening, and Prince Charles pens a book to prove it
If you believe Donald Trump, then global warming isn’t happening. Phew! That’s a weight off my mind. Except…. it is, according to most experts, and even Trump’s nominee for secretary… Read more »
Pope Francis on “the terrorism of slander”
Melville House author Pope Francis recently gave an interview to a Swedish newspaper, in which he talked at length about what he has come to call “the terrorism of slander.” Ulf… Read more »
Michael Bloomberg to coauthor book on climate change
Given that discussion of climate change has been strangely absent from the presidential campaign, now seems a better time than ever for Michael Bloomberg to announce he’s at work on… Read more »
Checking in on our early-summer authors
Hail the mighty authors of Melville House! For the first half of the summer, while you were stalking Butterfree between the stacks, chilling with a beach read, or standing over the… Read more »
Climate change “might” be real; it “may” be caused by humans; it “could” be very bad.
Last month, we reported on the Portland Public School Board’s decision to “abandon the use of any adopted text or material that is found to express doubt about the severity of… Read more »
“We don’t want kids in Portland learning material courtesy of the fossil fuel industry.”
Teachers in Portland’s public schools will “abandon the use of any adopted text or material that is found to express doubt about the severity of the climate crisis or its… Read more »