Elizabeth Kolbert

I once had a fight with my publisher's lawyer over what constitutes "fair use." He said reprinting 4 lines of a poem without the poet's explicit permission was too much. But AI gobbling up whole books now counts as "fair use." Something is definitely wrong with US copyright law.

There are way too many things to be upset about these days, but I believe the destruction of public lands should be near the top of the list: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

"Last year, more than 90 percent of wind and solar projects commissioned worldwide produced power more cheaply than the cheapest available fossil-fuel alternative."

I will be live-streaming with the @scifri.bsky.social book club on March 27 at 4 PM ET. Join us!

“The American dream turns into the American nightmare as we start to look at what we’re doing to biodiversity and systems that we depend on as humans."

UK readers -- I'm excited to announce that my new book, "Life on a Little-Known Planet," will be the Kindle Daily Deal on February 28th, on sale for 99p!

Renewing one's faith in the American people:

A small bit of good news:

It was a pleasure speaking to Willow Defebaugh about the Nature Of, well, everything:

"Manufacturing construction spending, which surged with Biden-era funding for chips and renewable energy, fell in each of Trump’s first nine months in office."

"Forests that once teemed with maple, sweet gum, bald cypress and stately pines have given way to scrubland."

My freedom, your kid's paralysis:

This is really going to help: