Paul Rauber

Oct 25, 2024 | vault.sierraclub.org | Paul Rauber

A visit with Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns, who came to Kamchatka to prove that Ursus horribilis can be a cream puff if you talk to him nicely. Luckily the hip waders kept our knees from knocking. by Paul Rauber After a breakfast of fresh-caught char and the best coffee in Kamchatka, my wife, Marian, and I pull on our thigh-high rubber boots, hook canisters of pepper spray onto our belts, and head out with Maureen Enns into one of the beariest areas in the world.

Jul 26, 2024 | sierraclub.org | Paul Rauber

For those paying attention, ICYMI: In Case You Missed It , this more-or-less biweekly compilation of environmental news nuggets, has been a regular feature of 's online offerings for the past seven years. Dating back a decade, it was a perennial favorite of the print magazine under the heading "Up to Speed." This edition, however, is the last one. The earth hasn't stopped warming: Sunday, July 21, is the warmest day ever. Monday, July 22, .

May 17, 2024 | sierraclub.org | Paul Rauber

Orcas inaugurate the 2024 yacht-sinking season in the Straits of Gibraltar. A massive solar storm results in lurid auroras around the world. Venezuela loses its last glacier, the Humboldt. In March, the global average concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was 4.7 parts per million greater than the number the year previous, the largest such jump ever. Huge wildfires in Canada force the evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alberta, and other communities in British Columbia.

May 2, 2024 | sierraclub.org | Paul Rauber

What's at the root of our environmental ills? Capitalism, say some. White supremacy, say others. Waste, according to frequent Sierra contributor Edward Humes in Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World (Avery, 2024). It's "the engine driving . . . unstoppable global crises." And by "waste," he isn't just talking about picking up your litter.

Dec 8, 2023 | sierraclub.org | Paul Rauber

Mortality in 18th-century England decreased because more people were boiling water to make tea. More than 100 countries at COP28 call for a phase-out of fossil fuels. COP28 president Sultan al Jaber (also the CEO of the United Arab Emirates state oil company) says “there is no science” that doing so will achieve climate goals.  Eighty-eight percent of the 90,000 public comments to the Bureau of Land Management support limiting oil and gas drilling in the Western Arctic.