Well, not to worry, the Aspen Institute here in Washington is doing its part. But in the aftermath, Jack Riggs, who heads the Program on Energy, the Environment and the Economy, began circulating Aspen Forum policy recommendations to a short list of energy industry executives, former government officials, and Green activists, asking them to sign. The list of hoped-for signatories was even more interesting, including not only Enron CEO Ken Lay but also the heads of the World Resources Institute, World Wildlife Fund, the usual Harvard academics, and representatives of oil industry associations and electric power companies. Mr. Riggs wasn't completely successful apparently. Ah, spin, spin.
Frogs are in the news again.
Not so, say researchers with the University of California at Berkeley. They're putting their bets on a fungus as the cause. Neither camp mentioned increased UV from the reportedly decreasing ozone layer. Oregon State University scientists still claim that cause. Oregon appears to breed radicals on all side of the global warming issue.