I have the great pleasure to announce a birth in the Shields family, as my eldest nephew Brad and his lovely wife Alie brought their son Beckham (pictured) into the world a couple of weeks ago.
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Surprise? EPA Cuts Enforcement on Polluters
Here’s news, if you can call it that, to the effect that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has greatly reduced its efforts to enforce regulations that affect corporate polluters.
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Puerto Rico and Renewable Energy
All hurricanes that make landfall in the U.S. and the Caribbean have one thing in common: they are energized and thus made more destructive by our changing climate, i.e., warmer air and water, as they cross the Atlantic. Yet the nature …
A Bit Off-Topic, But Let’s Examine Trump’s Credibility
Aeroponics advocate and environmental activist Rafael Quezada writes: Donald Trump has been accused of sexual assault or harassment by 21 women. Here are their names:
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Is Rex Tillerson Actually a Decent Human Being?
You know it’s a wild time when improbable events happen simultaneously, since the probability of any two events’ happening together is the arithmetic product of the events’ respective probabilities.
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A Contributed Post: Looking to Lower Your Operating Costs? This Article on Business Efficiency Can Help
When it comes to running a business, there are fewer line items larger than the simple cost of running your office. Or, as your budget would have you believe, the complicated cost.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Study Shows Bad News for Arctic Sea Ice
What are the similarities between life on Earth today vs. 1500 years ago? Thankfully, not too many. The 6th Century CE saw the invention of backgammon and the first use of toilet paper, but outside of that, things we’re pretty barbaric. …
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Fuel Efficiency Rating for EVs Make No Sense, But That Doesn’t Stop Us from Assigning Them
In this edition of Green Auto Digest, my colleague Jon LeSage (pictured) gets at an issue that struck me when I first got interested in electric transportation: the EPA’s mile-per-gallon ratings. We seem married to assigning MPG equivalents to EVs, even …
Trump’s Aggressive War on the Environment
Although this is funny, the environmental policies of the current Administration are far more malicious than suggested here. In fact, by subsidizing fossil fuels, removing tax credits for solar and wind, opening up federal lands to oil and gas exploration, eviscerating …
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Ruby Tuesday–Bring On Roy Moore!
Here’s a message the likes of which I’m sure many of you have received recently:
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