Posthuman Blues

Typical environmental news stories from the year 2005:

Swiss wrap glacier to slow ice melt

"'We think it will become common practice to cover parts of the glaciers,' Urs Elmiger, a board member of Andermatt Gotthard Sportbahnen, the cable car operator behind the project, told Reuters."

New rule could open roadless forest areas

"The last 58.5 million acres of untouched national forests, which President Clinton had set aside for protection, were opened to possible logging, mining and other commercial uses by the Bush administration Thursday."

Don't hold your breath
But the pretty things are going to hell

--David Bowie