This may seem like one of the more trivial items to think about, but plastic straws are a good symbol of our wasteful society. They are also a good example of the law of unintended consequences. This simple thing…very convenient, has created a significant amount of environmental harm. As National Geographic reports, the straws harm […]
Public lands, as noted in the articles printed recently in the Guardian, are supposed to be held in trust for ALL of the people. Yet, as we have seen in the past year, this administration has made every effort to destroy that trust. From shrinking protected lands so that energy companies can exploit resources and […]
Who would have thought that a modern city like Cape Town would be on the list to face what is clearly a catastrophic event with regard to resources; or should I say, a lack of resources. The fact that the City is fast approaching a point where the usual expectation of clean water may be […]
Recent posts tried to cover the damage being caused by Washington through its opening of previously protected lands to exploitation and destruction by commercial interests. Specifically, the formalization of the “Tragedy of the Commons”. In the last article posted on this topic, we saw how land owners/users in the west have viewed that Federal Government’s […]
Yet again, this administration is showing its true colors. Green…and not for environmental, health or safety, but for greed and profits. You would think that after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and the embarrassing response by a supposedly environmentally responsible company, our Government, a government charged with protecting all of us, would adopt more stringent safety […]