National Parks New Threats

The H.R. 1 Bill (the One Big Beautiful Bill) passed July 3, 2025 by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald J. Trump, will be devastating to our National Parks.

Watch this 10-minute podcast discussion by Richard Olsenius and Christine Olsenius.

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Christine Olsenius
Cloudspotting During Monsoon

For most of my life I have lived in the wooded Midwest, where sunlight streamed through thick leaf cover and the sky was hidden by tall branches of elm and maple. That is why, once a year, I always drove west across the Missouri River to get my fill of big-sky country.

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Christine Olsenius
Climate Change is Personal

Every day I read articles about climate change and the dire consequences of not addressing it. I worry that the articles are lost on a public that wants easy answers to complex problems and refuses to believe the work of serious scientists. Perhaps people cannot relate to the topic due to the distractions of their busy lives. Maybe there is just something too distant about those Greenland ice sheets.

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Christine Olsenius