Tag: The Environment
My Movie Pitch
I don’t know if you have seen the great documentary film, Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock, but it is a perfect example of a genre of film and non-fiction where someone takes a simple concept to its extreme to examine the consequences. In the film, Spurlock decides to eat nothing but McDonald’s food for […]
Kowalko Addresses Toxic Chemical Reform
If you didn’t get a chance to read the Jeff Montgomery articles on tainted groundwater, put down that glass of water and read it now. Seriously, put down the water. You come away from that series feeling like a passenger that has no knowledge of boats, but just found out that your ship is sinking […]
What Does the Oil Spill in the Gulf Look Like?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ91G3e0OBQ[/youtube] Or this footage of an ROV capping a part of the riser: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH4I1a5vg3w[/youtube] h/t HuffPo
DNREC Denies Delaware River Dredging Permit
Don’t know when this was released, but the Press Release announcing the denial of the river dredging permit showed up in my email this afternoon. A key bit from the letter to Col. Tickner:
Obama Orders EPA to Lead Chessy Bay Cleanup
More proof that elections matter. And great news for one of America’s most endangered waterways. From today’s Washington Post: President Obama took a dramatic step to revive faltering efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay yesterday, issuing an executive order that could empower the federal Environmental Protection Agency to set a more demanding timetable and […]
A Lethal Mixture: Science and the Radical Right
Earlier this month Alabama’s à la Rob wrote about a new “textbook” for homeschoolers, Facts, Nor Fear: Teaching Children About The Environment. It’s really not humorous when non-scientists delve into science. It is valuable as a model of propaganda technique in general, and of anti-regulatory rhetorical strategies in particular. Its method mostly consists of amassing […]
Green Is The New Black
Happy Earth Day! Some links for today: Delaware State Parks celebrate Earth Day EPA – Pick 5 US gov Earth Day site The Nature Conservancy John Carney for Congress wishes all a Happy Earth Day, via Twitter. Earth Day via The White House.
Monday’s Open Thread
Today’s a traveling day for me, but if you’re looking for inspiration check out DV’s imagine if you changed one word post here, DelawareDem’s posts and insightful analysis here and here, ‘Bulo’s whale of a tale here as well as his thought provoking post about Lincoln, and Jason’s Republicans are the butt of the joke […]
Whale Meat Again, Don’t Know Where, Don’t Know When
Looks like the annual Japanese whale catch fell short of fears expectations thanks to those pesky militants from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, who, BTW, pulled this off w/o the use of assault weapons, go figure. Even though whale meat consumption is down precipitously in Japan, tradition dictates that the hunt continue. Not to mention […]
Biochar in Delaware’s Future?
With that new whiz-kid wunderkind heading here to helm DNREC, the Beast Who Slumbers has become intrigued at possible ways to turn the First State into Green Acres. Today, he’s fixated on biochar, a ‘highly-porous charcoal made from organic waste’. When not listening to REM, research scientists at the University of Georgia in Athens are […]
“Dear Michelle: Your Garden Is Missing One Vital Component. Pesticides.”
Some things El Somnambulo cannot make up. Those poor benighted souls at the Mid America CropLife Association want everyone to know that veggies w/o pesticides are like…Claymont w/o metallic soot. Or something like that. Their ‘ambassadors’ (that’s what they call themselves) have written, and are urging all ambassadors to write Michelle Obama to show her […]
What Are YOUR Plans for Earth Hour?
Tonight, from 8:30 to 9:30, as a symbolic gesture to stress the necessity of environmental responsibility, we are being asked to turn off all non-essential lights. Organizers say they hope this year’s event will send a message to world leaders meeting Copenhagen in December for a major summit on climate change. “We are asking one […]
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