Happy Sunday, Liberty Lovers! I was so excited to find the book Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation by Andrea Wulf. It combines two of my favorite things: gardening and the Founding Fathers. Let’s get lost in nature together as we discuss my thoughts on the Founding Gardeners…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch A study meant to debunk a claim made by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt in his confirmation hearing ended up doing the opposite — it proved him right. The study, published Thursday in the journal Nature, found that Pruitt’s claim of a “leveling off of warming” over…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett One of the most prominent scientific journals has a message for activists calling Republicans “anti-science” — they’re not. The journal Nature’s editorial board wrote that while there are legitimate concerns about the politicization of science, claiming Republican politicians are “anti-science” only cheapens the term. “[D]espite being labelled…
By Andrew Follett Scientists have found that global warming is helping Canadian trees recover from a devastating insect infestation, according to research published Tuesday by the University of Victoria. The research focuses on the forest of the Canadian province of British Columbia and found that warmer, wetter and more carbon dioxide (CO2) rich conditions caused by global warming are…