Florida: drought, hurricanes, and population growth
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
What a mix, no? Florida has multiple ecological crises going on these days, and there will always be more. It’s the nature of that boot sticking out from our continental US, which we have horribly abused.
The worst crisis right now is the historic, truly historic, drought […]
Stop Breathing! It’s bad for your health
Air pollution still threatens the health of Americans, says American Lung Association in its annual air quality report card.
Coal-to-liquid: JUST SAY NO!
Lawmakers are proposing huge tax subsidies for the coal industry to develop liquified coal. Coal is the dirtiest of all fossil fuels. Just say no to this proposal.
At the tail end of the Memorial Day weekend, a word about war
Ecological hope depends on ending war as a way of doing business in this world — a Memorial Day reflection
Up and up it goes, where it stops, nobody knows — but we’re still hitting the roads this weekend
US Americans appear willing to pay a lot more for gasoline before they cut back on driving, according to Washington Post/ABC poll.
Batten down the hatches, big storms coming
Weather forecasters predict active hurricane season and very hot summer.
The toxins in our environment are killing us
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
In the midst of my writing frenzy (looming book deadline), I didn’t get to posting yesterday or today — until one of my favorite colleagues emailed an article just now from the Toronto Star. With reference to Rachel Carson, whom we quoted with great reverence over the weekend, […]
Intricate web of life unraveling… a weekend reflection
The web of life is unraveling, major extinctions are underway, according to a new study. We must recover, as Rachel Carson often wrote, a love of nature and a sense of wonder.
The sink is full
The Southern Ocean, a crucial carbon sink, has been saturated with carbon dioxide and will release more of the gas into the atmosphere, accelerating global warming.
West Nile Virus takes terrible toll on bird species
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
It is a product of two interlocking realities of this new world of ours — globalization and global warming. West Nile Virus arrived in the US sometime around 1999 and spread quickly across the northeast and mid-Atlantic, then to the midwest and finally all the way to the […]
