The simple fact of the matter is….polluted air means more death. Polluted air means people are more susceptible to respiratory diseases such as Covid-19… So, what does our cartoon president do? He takes as many actions as he can to roll back environmental safeguards that protect the environment and our air. The result; our air […]
In one of my earlier blogs, I had a nice debate over the issue of the administration’s attempt to roll back mileage standards. In essence, the argument was made that modern cars emit almost no pollution….Well, the article below should put this to rest. We know empirically that transportation accounts for about 60% of different […]
It is interesting to me that this has never come to the fore earlier. But countries that are reducing their carbon footprint are in many ways only shifting their footprint to other countries. Much like shipping our waste overseas (yes, I used waste because of how dirty our recycling stream is)…or trying to, many countries […]
Imagine, sports enthusiasts interested in ocean pollution. Well, of course, it makes sense that those who surf or sports fish near shore are sensitive to pollution, but it is even better to see those that use the deep oceans…long distance sailors start to raise the issue. As Mr. Clarey points out, the amount of plastic […]
Recently, the Township of Branchburg, New Jersey has taken a local homeowner to court over the planting of indigenous species including native grasses in a wet part of his property that adjoins a local stream that is a tributary of the North Branch of the Raritan River. Why? Because a neighbor complained about the unsightly […]