Grant Samms Climate Change, Science

How Climate Change Makes Your Allergies Worse and Your Breathing Harder

Image Credit: Lodahln (CC-BY-SA 2.0, flickr) I woke up in the middle of the night again. Scratchy throat? Insatiably itchy eyes? Just a bit of cough? Oh yeah. Had to be ragweed. Time to start back on the allergy pills. Admittedly, my fall allergies aren’t nearly as bad as the wave of foggy headedness, poor … Continue reading How Climate Change Makes Your Allergies Worse and Your Breathing Harder

Grant Samms Environmentalism

For the Chesapeake Bay’s Blue Crab, Framing is a Matter of Importance

It’s the sizzling sound of arthropod that bring the crowd around. Finally, after all the work; after all the effort of catching and cleaning; the crab cakes are lowered into a frothing sea of molten butter. One by one, the gathered lumps of blue crab meat descend and undergo their delicious metamorphosis. I may have … Continue reading For the Chesapeake Bay’s Blue Crab, Framing is a Matter of Importance

Grant Samms Climate Change, Environmentalism

Make No Impact, Leave No Trace

Those of us that enjoy hiking through the woods, kayaking down rivers, and general spending time in nature hold one philosophy above all others: Leave No Trace. It’s a simple concept; while you are enjoying wilderness without signs of human presence, take steps to ensure that those who come after you can enjoy nature in … Continue reading Make No Impact, Leave No Trace

Grant Samms Climate Change

Our Failed Climate Change Defense

Let’s talk about legal defenses that should not work. You get pulled over. You get asked if you’ve been drinking. You have. You try to deny it. You conjure up all the rationale and excuses you can find in your ethanol addled mind to explain why this isn’t what it looks like. But when the officer … Continue reading Our Failed Climate Change Defense

Grant Samms Climate Change, Energy, Environmentalism

America’s Blood Stone

Last week I was holding a freshly dried Roundtree and York blue stripped button down shirt when I had a sudden realization so severe that my vision began to fade to the soft gray light that signals the onset of a loss of consciousness. A connection was made that was so visceral, so astounding, that … Continue reading America’s Blood Stone