Peter Dykstra
EHN
Conyers, GA, United States
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Some parting thoughts from Peter Dykstra
Some good news — and a goodbye from our favorite columnist. → Read More
Peter Dykstra: 2022's distinguished deaths
Two "dismal scientists," a denier, a world-class spiller and a pioneering hellraiser headline the year’s passages. → Read More
Peter Dykstra: Journalists I’m thankful for
My third annual list of the over-achieving and under-thanked. → Read More
Peter Dykstra: A League of their own
The League of Conservation Voters has managed to stay out of the mud for 52 years. → Read More
Peter Dykstra: Election Day and beyond
There’s no doubt that there’s plenty for House and Senate candidates to talk about as the elections near: inflation, gasoline prices, Putin and Ukraine, Xi and China, race and crime, guns, education, immigration and more. → Read More
Peter Dykstra: Election Day and beyond
There’s no doubt that there’s plenty for House and Senate candidates to talk about as the elections near: inflation, gasoline prices, Putin and Ukraine, Xi and China, race and crime, guns, education, immigration and more. → Read More
Peter Dykstra: The good news that gets buried by the bad
On the environment beat, maybe it’s right that the bad news dominates. But the good news is out there, too. → Read More
An endangered species law with teeth
Wow. Just wow. When a large animal recovers from near-extinction, it’s usually because they’re cute and cuddly, or otherwise adorable, and generate huge public support. American alligators aren’t adorable and cuddling is not recommended.But there’s a market for alligator meat and hides. Men and wome... → Read More
Peter Dykstra: Does climate action need a king?
Tradition could silence Charles III’s passionate voice on climate change. But should it? → Read More
Peter Dykstra: Forty years of “just around the corner”
Now that electric vehicles may really be ready, a few new things to think about. → Read More
So let’s take a break
Enough about our food for now. Let’s have a drink to relax. Are you a wine person? Well, get some Bordeaux while you can. It’s expected that the world’s prime grape-growing regions may shift with the climate. Beer? Subtle changes in hops, barley –the yeast that turns sugar into alcohol– and other br... → Read More
Peter Dykstra: Headwinds remain for clean energy
Will the Inflation Reduction Act mark the time when fossil fuels begin to fossilize? → Read More
Ketchum and other “mainstream” PR firms
I had some direct experience with Ketchum, an international PR firm that sometimes worked for industries with bad environmental reputations. In 1991, shortly before I left Greenpeace, the group received an over-the-transom copy of a “crisis PR” plan drawn up by Ketchum for Clorox, the chlorine bleac... → Read More
Peter Dykstra: Greenwashing’s medieval age
Old school greenwashers and deniers with staying power. → Read More
The Birth of Greenwashing
When I was growing up, I had a fascination with phonies – that certain brand of phonies that make millions off a gullible public by offering a warped reality. → Read More
Peter Dykstra: Climate change denial and me
Since the 1990’s, I’ve had a front row seat for TV news's abject failure in covering climate change. → Read More
Bipartisan disdain
Back in 1981, Watt went to work, announcing intentions to narrow the Endangered Species Act. He also set out to open up more federal land to logging and ranching. In 1983, he announced a plan to open up every square inch of the U.S. coastline to oil and gas drilling—even areas known to contain no oi... → Read More
Peter Dykstra: The Earth Summit to end all Earth Summits
In 1972, world leaders drafted an unprecedented acknowledgement that we were running into trouble – the first draft of an owner’s manual for planet Earth that left much to do. → Read More
Peter Dykstra: How the magic went away from my family's summer escape
Summertime for many now means red tide and algal blooms. → Read More
Peter Dykstra: Ukraine and nukes
From the Cold War to today, from nuclear weapons to nuclear power, Ukraine’s been there. → Read More