Description

Retired California forester Norm Benson (@timberati) on wildfires, environmentalism, climate change and the inherent unsettledness of science.

Norm's reading recommendations:

• Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, Jonathan Rauch
• The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Bjorn Lomborg
• The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, Matt Ridley
• False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet, Bjorn Lomborg
• In a Dark Wood: The Fight over Forests and the Rising Tyranny of Ecology, Alston Chase
• Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of America's First National Park, Alston Chase
• Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Bron Taylor

Links:

• EconTalk: John Christy/Kerry Emanuel debate climate change science http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/03/john_christy_an.html
• U.S. House Committee on Science, Space & Technology 29 Mar 2017 Testimony of John R. Christy Professor of Atmospheric Science, Alabama State Climatologist University of Alabama in Huntsville https://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/HHRG-115-SY-WState-JChristy-20170329.pdf
• The Coming Firestorms, Bob Zybach PhD https://forestpolicypub.com/2021/08/27/the-coming-firestorms-guest-post-by-dr-bob-zybach/

Contact: ileana@fifdom.com

Original theme and mixing by @iambradk.