I am pro-clean air. I am pro-clean water.—Rand Paul Libertarians invariably claim they want clean air and water, but then go out of the way to ensure that gratuitous damage to the earth continues. An example of this pattern is Senator Rand Paul’s recent attempt to prevent the EPA from regulating cross-state pollution from power [...]
Oh, joy. The Republicans of the 112th Congress are going after the Antiquities Act. This is the latest of several attempts to remove the President’s ability to apply the Antiquities Act. Passed under Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 as An Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities, The Antiquities Act is one of the Republican Party’s [...]
It is no longer a luxury to make our economy low-carbon and sustainable. It’s a matter of preventing harm to the species who dwell on the Earth, including our own. Just as an ailing patient can recover, so can an ailing planet. But we must act now. [page 5] Changing Planet, Changing Health by Paul [...]
I saw this book on the featured shelf at the local library and it looked interesting. I only read this book quickly, so here is a nano-review: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Renewable Energy for Your Home is a very basic intro to the different categories of home energy production and conservation for people who [...]
There is some surprisingly good news about recycling in Fort Wayne. The new one cart recycling program is working so much better than the old three bin recycling that the mayor wants to the drop garbage collection fee by $1 per month. Before the new program started in January, we had to put a large [...]
After the success of the St Joseph River Watershed Initiative, its good to see that there is now a St Marys River Watershed Project. Before the SJRWI the St Joe water was so bad that it stung to touch it, now it is a good place to canoe. The St Marys Sewer River is in [...]
One year ago I mentioned that the Emerald Ash Borer had reached our neighborhood. Today the city is going down our street removing Ash trees. The Ash trees on our street have been infested since last year, but are still half-alive. In the neighborhood east, I noticed a row of five large dead trees, continued [...]
I heard about the Northeast Indiana Sustainable Business Council earlier this week on the local NPR station. We’ll see how much good NISBC does–and how much is greenwashing–but the fact that it exists is a good sign. When a number of businesses in an area of the country that is often vocally anti-environmental recognize the [...]
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Until this week, the Fort Wayne recycling program only recycled PETE (#1) and HDPE (#2) plastics: basically, just milk jugs and soda bottles. Starting this week, plastics with resin identification code 1-7 are all recyclable. This is good news since polypropylene (#5) packaging is so common. Instead of a two-bin system, it is now a [...]
From the local news this morning: Exide Technologies battery recycling plant on the south side of Muncie is still putting unsafe amounts of lead into the atmosphere. When I was living on the north side of Muncie, the south side had problems[warning: paywall] with the leaded air around the plant. Since then, the EPA standards [...]