Donald Trump says that he wants to help business by cutting regulations by 75%. He also claims that he is a “very big person” when it comes to the environment and that he has received awards on this very topic. However, in a recent Washington Post article, it is clearly proven that this is yet […]
Clyde Haberman writes a fine retrospective about Rachel Carson and how her works were often misreported and she vilified when she made her clarion call about DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane). A note here…DDT is still made and still used… Why write about this now? Obviously, the new administration has a view about environmental protection that is about […]
There is no question that the risks of Zika are real and that we need to do everything possible to reduce its transmission. The question becomes relevant when we determine what does “doing everything possible” really mean? The recent aerial spraying in Miami of a pesticide that effects insects, some birds, freshwater fish and possibly […]
As noted, we each pay a fee of $1.50 per tire to help pay for the proper disposal of old tire. Each year, this fee generates $9.2 million according to The Record. You would think that this would be more than enough money to clean up the now new and growing tire problem. But, it […]
In an interesting twist on free market driven farming, the Times reported that several large food company customers are helping to pay for the costs incurred by farmers to grow organic produce. These costs are usually affiliated with the need to transition the land from standard, AKA petrochemical driven practices, to organic farming practices. A […]