Gore criticizes Obama's inaction on environment | 89.3 KPCC

[Audio] As much as half of the oceans species will become extinct in the next few decades if global warming isn't halted. This according to a new report. Also today, in Rolling Stone Magazine, Al Gore has issued a pointed attack on President Obama and other U.S. leaders for not taking on climate change. Andrew Revkin is here to talk about all of this. He writes on the environment for the New York Times at the Dot-Earth blog.

Al Gore's Critique Sparks Debate Over Obama's Record on Global Warming | PBS NewsHour | June 22, 2011 | PBS

KENNETH GREEN: Well, with all respect, this whole language about the new green economy is silly.

If you look at the experiences of all of the countries in Europe that have tried it, they have found it economically unsustainable, have lost jobs on net, and are now backing away from their subsidies.

California, a world leader in environmental quality -- everybody agrees with that -- look at their job situation. Look at their economy.

ksl.com - Popular campgrounds and highways still buried under snow

For example, if you go to the U.S. Forest Service reservation website and try to book a spot at the Mirror Lake campground in the Uintas, the earliest you can get in is July 14th. The road to the campground still isn't open!

"Mirror Lake, sometimes it's open for Memorial Day, but normally it's the middle of June, Kathy Jo Pollock, PIO with Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, said. "They are going to try to have Mirror Lake open by next weekend."

UDOT has a full crew with giant snow blowers, graders and snowcats trying to get Highway 150 open. In some spots, the drifts are 20 feet deep.