My Earth Day review April 23, 2017 My contribution for tire mulch replacement worked out nicely: and this picture that I posted got this succinct question from “My Buddy.” “our data?”… Continue Reading
Save the Earth – start with rubber mulch April 14, 2017 Duluth Parents for Healthy Playgrounds Playgrounds Fundraiser for Duluth Public Schools Join the PTA for a family-friendly event with food, fun, cash bar, silent… Continue Reading
Ignorance is Bliss April 12, 2017 From Chapter 14 of Destiny of the Republic: A tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President: “Not only did many American… Continue Reading
Trump’s pollution initiatives March 28, 2017 Trump surrounded by coal miners cancels Obama’s limits on coal production and Climate change actions. Chinese protect themselves from coal fouling smog made worse… Continue Reading
Paradise September 11, 2016 One of my latest sources of information and a highly visual one is Pinterest. On it a few months ago I found this arresting… Continue Reading
Mulch Conundrums October 22, 2015 The Trib has a good summary of our Mulch Meeting last night. This morning I read a short article in the NY Times that… Continue Reading
I care a lot, caracara lot… September 10, 2015 …about the environment A couple years ago Claudia and I tried to visit Jupiter Florida’s Busch Wildlife Center. We drove over on a day… Continue Reading
The BWCA, a reminiscence October 12, 2014 Here’s the email I’ve been chewing on: Harry: At least Forum Communications is instilling some common sense to an otherwise ding-dong DNT staff. Nolan… Continue Reading
Because God will soon destroy the world… July 1, 2013 …we will keep voting for Republicans who will do nothing to stop him. That’s my shorthand take of the unsurprising poll of Americans by… Continue Reading
GOP and the end times May 3, 2013 Its not just that today’s GOP is willing to make America worse off in order to hurt President Obama’s reputation. Its that they are… Continue Reading
What Republicans are missing in the eye blink called global warming March 11, 2013 They burn whole West Virgina mountaintops in ten minutes and can’t imagine how all that carbon is getting in the air. The eye blink… Continue Reading
The chickens are coming home to roost… January 23, 2013 …and leave a lot of droppings in the GOP’s coup. I find it ironic that the GOP which in the Reagan years once vilified… Continue Reading
Climate of Doubt November 2, 2012 A few years ago most Americans had come to believe that humans were altering the Earth’s environment. Frontline recently reported on the concerted effort… Continue Reading
We could call it the Sandycene… November 1, 2012 …following the Holocene which our parents bequeathed us. Bill McKibben on the new normal climate: So far we’ve raised the temperature of the earth… Continue Reading
Frankenstorm candidate October 28, 2012 The water off the eastern seaboard is hotter than ever before this time of year. That will power up the “frankenstorm.” One candidate and… Continue Reading
Taking a break from JB Marvin September 26, 2012 Petroleum’s conception goes back about 1.6 billion years when a cyanobacterium (now confined to volcanic pools and the ocean deeps) was engulfed by an… Continue Reading
War on Clean Air August 17, 2012 RE the previous post: Mitt was trying to hurt Obama in West Virginia where the big coal companies imperil miners with shoddy safety practices,… Continue Reading
War on coal August 16, 2012 Mitt Romney accuses Obama or waging a war on coal. No doubt Bain Capitol sent lots of jobs over to China where they have… Continue Reading
When a sparrow falls July 31, 2012 Apparently I have hornets and wasps to thank for my wine cellar. They carry yeast in their guts and bite wine grapes thus passing… Continue Reading
Why I am an optimist… March 21, 2012 …even if I spend a lot of my time pointing out human idiocy: Continue Reading
