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Small Changes in Behavior Can Yield Meaningful Results to Slow Global Warming
Some of the 75 dairy cows at Guy Choiniere’s farm in Highgate, Vt., where feed has been changed to plants like alfalfa and flaxseed to reduce the methane emitted when they belch. Photo: Cheryl Senter for The New York Times.Greening … Continue reading
Disaster in the Making: Mexico City Short of Water
Dawn breaks over the sprawling metropolis of Mexico City. Officials are struggling to provide water for all 20 million residents. Photo: Brennan Linsley/Associated Press.Water shortages plague Mexico CityMay 21, 2009 It’s been three weeks since the taps in Carlos Sandana’s … Continue reading
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Peruvian Rainforest : Tribes Blockade Roads and Rivers, Government Troops Move in
Huge parts of Peru’s rainforest are threatened by government deals with several multinationals. Photo by / Paul A Souders / Corbis. Ecology and culture at stake say environmentalists, as government plans to exploit rainforest for oil, gas and timber. By … Continue reading
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Austin Metro Policies Are Creating Fewer Riders and More Pollution
Capital Metro and the EnvironmentBy Glenn Gaven / The Rag Blog / May 7, 2009 As EPA clean air requirements become more stringent, Texas’ Travis County is poised to enter a new phase of its non-attainment status. For the first … Continue reading
Susan Van Haitsma : The Planet’s Imperative: Stop War, Shine On
Graphic from Neoformix. The life of our planet must not be a flash in the pan, a brief streak of light in time’s expanse. Our ancient Mother deserves a future of infinite history, and so do we, her youngest children. … Continue reading
Weather Report : Houston, We Have a Problem
Law and water. Houston, we have a problem. The intense storms, the ravaging floods. . . these are but one aspect of climate change, and according to prominent scientists. . . this is precisely what is anticipated for the Houston … Continue reading
If the World Stopped Burning Coal, This Would Be 80% of the Solution to Climate Change
Paul Nolley, sophomore English and political psychology major, admires Beehive Designs artwork. Media Credit: Martha Warfel / Daily Vidette Photographer.Beehive Design Collective share stories of activistsBy Sam Schild / April 24, 2009 “Clean Coal Dirty Lie” is a sign held … Continue reading
Happy Earth Day!
Political cartoon by Ralph Solonitz / The Rag Blog. [Ralph Solonitz’ cartoons also appear at MadasHellClub.net.]The Rag Blog
Chris Jordan : The Photographer as Agent of Environmental Change
Chris Jordan took this photo at a Florida cellphone-processing plant, which he says sorts about 50,000 phones a month. Working ones are resold; the rest are shredded and burned to recover a tiny amount of gold in each one. “Pound … Continue reading
The Last Slow Dance : Texas’ Angry Prophet of Climate Change
Illustration by Chuck Kerr / San Antonio Current. Climate-changing events are happening on a much larger scale, and much sooner, than we had earlier thought possible. By The Rag Blog / March 31, 2009 See ‘Last chance for a slow … Continue reading
‘Rednecks’ and Greens Beat Big Coal in Appalachia
A mountaintop removal coal mining operation near Blair, West Virginia. Photo by The National Memorial for the Mountains.Mountaintop removal receives major setback: Blair Mountain in West Virginia named to National Register of Historic Places By Jeff Biggers / March 30, … Continue reading
Counteracting the Backlash Against Clean Energy
What I think we miss is that probably less than a quarter of the population of the planet have heard of global warming, and of those left who have, at least half of them are in denial. And sadly, the … Continue reading
