Sick people are worse for the environment, a study shows – Scope (blog)
Scope (blog) Sick people are worse for the environment, a study showsScope (blog)476013334_8bda498616_o Environmental degradation is widely recognized to contribute to human illness. However, little research has been done to investigate the impact of human illness on the environment. This is a critical question particularly for the …
NASA Says Saturn’s Moon Has “The Ingredients Necessary For a Habitable Environment” – Futurism
Futurism NASA Says Saturn’s Moon Has “The Ingredients Necessary For a Habitable Environment”FuturismNASA just released evidence that a liquid water ocean that could support life lies beneath the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The agency reports that the world has many of the “ingredients needed for a habitable environment.” Thanks to Cassini …NASA discovers hydrogen…
A Better Diet May Save Money and the Environment – Daily Nexus
A Better Diet May Save Money and the EnvironmentDaily NexusIt is a relatively new area of study, as noted by David Cleveland, the study’s director and research professor in UCSB’s Environmental Studies Program and Geography Department. The other researchers were Quentin Gee, also in Environmental Studies, …
A long-neglected Queens neighborhood grapples with the effects of climate change in NYC – Curbed NY
Curbed NY A long-neglected Queens neighborhood grapples with the effects of climate change in NYCCurbed NYCreating a multifaceted response to climate change is a challenging endeavor, and a walk through the streets of Edgemere quickly reveals that residents have serious concerns about the resiliency plan. Lifelong members of the community are fearful they …
Oman’s mountains may hold clues for reversing climate change – ABC News
Times of Oman Oman’s mountains may hold clues for reversing climate changeABC NewsDeep in the jagged red mountains, geologists from the Oman Drilling Project are drilling in search of the holy grail of reversing climate change: an efficient and cheap way to remove carbon dioxide from the air and oceans. They are coring samples from…
Is No Place Safe? Climate Change Denialists Seek to Sway Science Teachers – Common Dreams
Common Dreams Is No Place Safe? Climate Change Denialists Seek to Sway Science TeachersCommon DreamsThis wasn’t Heartland’s first unsolicited mailing of climate change denial material to science teachers, and judging from the reactions we’ve seen, teachers haven’t been fooled by this outing. But here is how we’re advising science teachers to explain … and more »
EPA head: Obama created false choice ‘between jobs and the environment’ – The Hill
The Hill EPA head: Obama created false choice ‘between jobs and the environment‘The HillEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt said Thursday that Americans don’t have to pick between jobs and the environment, accusing the Obama administration of making people believe they had to choose. “The president has sent a …Scott Pruitt touts anti-environment agenda from…
Report: Global Warming, Sea Level Rise Could Impact California Coastline – Breitbart News
Breitbart News Report: Global Warming, Sea Level Rise Could Impact California CoastlineBreitbart NewsA new state-commissioned report on the effect of global warming (a.k.a. “climate change”) on sea levels have concluded that the impacts on the California coastline could be disproportionate, with local sea levels rising 1.25 feet for every one-foot … and more »
LETTER: Science not settled on global warming – Asbury Park Press
Asbury Park Press LETTER: Science not settled on global warmingAsbury Park PressAnyone predisposed to panic over global warming would have found ample confirmation in the April 5 letter “Global warming debate shouldn’t be politicized.” The problem is the the letter is full of misrepresentations. The notion that 97 percent of …
Why John B.’s Climate Change Obsession in S-Town Is So Unsettling – Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog) Why John B.’s Climate Change Obsession in S-Town Is So UnsettlingSlate Magazine (blog)Another cause, or perhaps a focus, of John’s depression is climate change. Reed devotes a substantial amount of time to his subject’s preoccupation, though not as much as John B. devoted to it during his life. When asked on the…