by Andrew Gottlieb | Sep 11, 2025 | What I'm Thinking
Despair is a word I hear a lot these days. There is a daily flood of bad environmental news about federal resource protection rules that once protected our land, waters and atmosphere being ignored, hollowed out, or repealed. The initial response of outrage has been...
by Andrew Gottlieb | Aug 27, 2025 | What I'm Thinking
A sure sign of the coming end of summer is the departure back to school of our summer interns. APCC has had a long tradition of summer interns making major contributions to the field work that so dominates our summers. The summer of 2025 was no exception as our...
by Andrew Gottlieb | Aug 20, 2025 | What I'm Thinking
The response I see most often to the relentless rollback of federal environmental regulations and the dismantling of essential agency functions is an impulse to restore or block the cutbacks. I have that response myself; it’s only natural. But I have come to conclude...
by Andrew Gottlieb | Aug 13, 2025 | What I'm Thinking
As much as I hate to admit it, we have turned the corner on summer. While there will be plenty of summer weather in the days to come, sundown is noticeably earlier now than in June, return to school thoughts are more prevalent and some of you are beginning to plan...
by Andrew Gottlieb | Jul 30, 2025 | What I'm Thinking
Sometimes these regular musings write themselves. This is one of those. What follows is mostly excerpts from something I bet most of you have never read: the text of a Senate Committee on Appropriations bill. The language included in the report reflects a stunning...
