by Admin | Mar 13, 2020 | Environmental hazards, Information
In January of 2020, the White House announced massive changes to an important suite of laws that protect sensitive environments. The National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, are the regulations which require major infrastructure projects to undergo environmental...
by Admin | Dec 20, 2019 | Environmental hazards, Information
A new study shows that people who live with air pollution have higher rates of depression and suicide, giving even more credence to the World Health Organization’s declaration of dirty air as a “silent public health emergency.” “We’ve shown that air pollution could be...
by Admin | Nov 25, 2019 | Climate Change, Information
Greenhouse gas concentrations are trending in the wrong direction. The World Meteorological Organization reported that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other greenhouse gases reached new highs in 2018. Before I go any farther,...
by Admin | Nov 11, 2019 | Climate Change, Information, Sustainability
A long-held scientific assumption has just been turned on its head. For many years, scientists have thought that as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increase as a result of climate change, plants will reduce their water consumption and leave more fresh water...
by Admin | Aug 30, 2019 | Information
You know how cats and dogs can get parasites like roundworms? Well, their larger kin can, too. And just recently a team of Argentinian scientists from the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research discovered that roundworms go back at least as far as big...
by Admin | Jul 12, 2019 | Climate Change, Information
While it’s not exactly shocking news that climate change denial is rife in the Trump administration, sometimes the sheer hubris of Trump officials in their censorship of scientific press releases just slaps you in the face. One such case came to light recently: a...
