tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251352739233669812024-03-07T09:31:32.091-05:00Adrian - Oil and GasFollowing what goes on with oil and gas exploitation in and around Adrian, Michigan since 2013 - and how these events in our little city connect to the global environmental situation... - with the occasional sidetrack to other related environmental issues in Lenawee county, Michigan and how those relate to global issues.Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.comBlogger941125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-50287738835585783492023-12-08T11:06:00.001-05:002023-12-08T11:06:36.692-05:00The key point that COP28 is ignoring » Yale Climate Connections<a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/12/the-key-point-that-cop28-is-ignoring/">The key point that COP28 is ignoring » Yale Climate Connections</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-12806117555365218172023-08-14T22:49:00.002-04:002023-08-14T22:49:59.833-04:00‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Against all odds, a Montana state judge sided today with 16 young activists in the country’s first ever constitutional climate case. This trial comes after state lawmakers passed legislation that allowed fossil fuel projects to be permitted without considering greenhouse gas emissions — a violation of their state constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment.”</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjuJpF_ierPtlQlOVLcLEE4WywHhy3XEk1dZYv_XeeI4IuhcInYOOunicXOrbUPbyRF2sdsSghDY3lpWNMAtA6enCKD2mKrwvbnXi5PjnDgSSJ3DMoI6yIgNYrzuH8u41vgdO7S-9V0JeNkr5rfmUjIMmALsFZ_rRjg9VJYDaNxj2Hg2vqWDyAST7wGs_/s1080/IMG_1070.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjuJpF_ierPtlQlOVLcLEE4WywHhy3XEk1dZYv_XeeI4IuhcInYOOunicXOrbUPbyRF2sdsSghDY3lpWNMAtA6enCKD2mKrwvbnXi5PjnDgSSJ3DMoI6yIgNYrzuH8u41vgdO7S-9V0JeNkr5rfmUjIMmALsFZ_rRjg9VJYDaNxj2Hg2vqWDyAST7wGs_/s320/IMG_1070.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Full article:</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order" target="_blank">‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-34520643645588597162023-07-06T01:06:00.001-04:002023-07-06T01:06:30.269-04:00Tuesday was world’s hottest day on record – breaking Monday’s record<aside data-gu-name="meta" class="dcr-1rbr3jc" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; --source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">World temperature records have been broken for a second day in a row, data suggests, as experts issued a warning that this year’s warmest days are still to come – and with them the warmest days ever recorded.</p><p class="dcr-iyhl1z" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.5; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; --source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The average global air temperature was 17.18C (62.9F) on Tuesday, according to data collated by the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), surpassing the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/monday-was-hottest-day-for-global-average-temperature-on-record-as-climate-crisis-bites#:~:text=This%20Monday%2C%203%20July%202023,heatwaves%20sizzled%20around%20the%20world." style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(220, 220, 220); border-image: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; 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vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; --source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Read full story at: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/05/tuesday-was-worlds-hottest-day-on-record-breaking-mondays-record" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/05/tuesday-was-worlds-hottest-day-on-record-breaking-mondays-record</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></aside> Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-39636880721867677192023-01-01T14:37:00.006-05:002023-01-01T14:37:45.684-05:00Edward Snowden Quote on the Right To Privacy<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> “Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizMNRRxQHKgfttJL-PCT2oijvVAZu-tiwzBZd1oeRUWwv7EqbJsCXmVzCuVcHX_Ts9SVWmW_ovjbJD8sydjgX2X3ic5b-6m6BoJThLCVIBZE4SAYdZIzRCFzUkVE2SqYZlmP05hKdrMTT4AOvPNdD2kWqnoE0HKnn5hCXLVdHHQ8PZ6PSJUc_mJV9aug" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizMNRRxQHKgfttJL-PCT2oijvVAZu-tiwzBZd1oeRUWwv7EqbJsCXmVzCuVcHX_Ts9SVWmW_ovjbJD8sydjgX2X3ic5b-6m6BoJThLCVIBZE4SAYdZIzRCFzUkVE2SqYZlmP05hKdrMTT4AOvPNdD2kWqnoE0HKnn5hCXLVdHHQ8PZ6PSJUc_mJV9aug=w638-h359" width="638" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-71208761516340904692022-12-29T23:44:00.007-05:002022-12-29T23:44:43.680-05:00HISTORY OF SPILLS: TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline (22 SPILLS: 2010-2022)<div>(Note: TC Energy’s (formerly TransCanada) “Keystone pipeline” is not to be confused with the company’s proposed “Keystone XL” pipeline — a separate pipeline project that was defeated and cancelled two separate times under Pres. Obama and Pres. Biden. The Keystone 1 pipeline carries up to 720,000 barrels per day of tarsands from Alberta, Canada to refineries in Texas and Illinois.)</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjX7lzeAzPVDHlziiF6GK7e-E4a2fexSUnYj0oLcxuX5X0pdtEkzyjYil9TlChWKglryU7RTs2GtGNjSG1nEp0tlzmzJz8mB1XVdGYgWKXz6t7N4z58myHATdJCZYx_ooY6lct69pdnujflQbre62rUt5CfQMGtEWlVL-U0c6BKi_1QvREqvVBl-sQ80Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjX7lzeAzPVDHlziiF6GK7e-E4a2fexSUnYj0oLcxuX5X0pdtEkzyjYil9TlChWKglryU7RTs2GtGNjSG1nEp0tlzmzJz8mB1XVdGYgWKXz6t7N4z58myHATdJCZYx_ooY6lct69pdnujflQbre62rUt5CfQMGtEWlVL-U0c6BKi_1QvREqvVBl-sQ80Q=w566-h425" width="566" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">TC Energy oil spill PR oil discharge 12-9-22 (Photo: U.S. EPA)</div></div></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>December 8, 2022: PHMSA issues Corrective Action Order to TC Energy re: Dec. 7 spill.</li><li>#22: Dec. 7, 2022: TC Energy shut down its Keystone pipeline after detecting a leak of 588,000 gallons into a creek near Washington, KS — about 20 miles south of Steele City, NE. “An emergency shutdown and response was initiated at about 9 p.m. CT on Dec. 7 after alarms and a pressure drop in the system, the company said in a release, adding booms were deployed to control downstream migration of the release.” November 5, 2019: PHMSA issues Corrective Action Order to TransCanada re: Oct. 30 spill.</li><li>#21: October 31, 2019: TransCanada’s (“TC Energy”) Keystone pipeline leaked at least 380,000 gallons of tarsands oil and toxic diluents that affected wetlands in northeastern North Dakota. No cause has yet been established.</li><li>#20: February 6, 2019: Keystone pipeline spills 1,800 gallons in St. Charles County, Missouri. After metallurgical analysis of the spill’s cause: “The composite wrap was inadequately designed for the metal loss feature it was to protect, as the applicator’s interpretation of the feature as mechanical damage led to fewer wraps than corrosion given the naming convention used in the composite vendor’s software. Feature direct examination concluded blunt metal loss with no evidence of sharp edges or stress concentrators, and the feature root cause analysis determined the accelerated rate of corrosion was primarily caused by stray direct current interference and was subsequently repaired. The RCFA indicated the primary cause of the leak was a through-wall crack that exhibited signs of fatigue, initiated from localized stress concentrations in the irregular pitted surface of the repaired metal loss feature.” Of note: A 2015 investigation in the same county found Keystone pipe there had “suffered from corrosion so severe that it was worn through 95 percent in some places after being in service for less than two years. In one spot, inspectors found the pipeline was down to a metal layer just one third the thickness of a dime.”</li><li>#19: February 20, 2018: Keystone pipeline spills 15 gallons from a Pump Station in Steele City, Nebraska, blamed on “a leaking float control valve.”</li></ul></div></div><div>Read the full story here: <a href="https://boldnebraska.org/keystone-pipeline-spill-history/?link_id=3&can_id=288c079650238203f92022a089432ed0&source=email-the-keystone-pipeline-is-a-lemon-it-just-leaked-for-the-25th-time&email_referrer=email_1771011&email_subject=the-keystone-pipeline-is-a-lemon-it-just-leaked-for-the-22nd-time-__" target="_blank">Keystone Pipeline Spill History | Bold Nebraska</a></div>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-32057227637589486212022-12-19T21:06:00.001-05:002022-12-29T23:57:11.560-05:00Cop15: key points of the nature deal at a glance<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212; font-family: "GH Guardian Headline", "Guardian Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Main points of the historic agreement signed in Montreal to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems</span></div><div><h2 id="agreement-to-conserve-30-of-earth-by-the-end-of-the-decade" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212; font-family: "GH Guardian Headline", "Guardian Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h2><h2 id="agreement-to-conserve-30-of-earth-by-the-end-of-the-decade" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212; 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background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Inspired by the Harvard biologist <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.half-earthproject.org/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c70000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">EO Wilson’s vision</a> of protecting half the planet for the long-term survival of humanity, the most high-profile target at Cop15 has inspired and divided in equal measure. The final wording commits governments to conserving nearly a third of Earth for nature by 2030 while respecting indigenous and traditional territories in the expansion of new protected areas. The language emphasizes the importance of effective conservation management to ensure wetlands, rainforests, grasslands and coral reefs are properly protected, not just on paper.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="515" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6fGJafDDCks" width="619" youtube-src-id="6fGJafDDCks"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Read more @ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/19/cop15-key-points-of-nature-deal-at-a-glance-aoe" target="_blank">Cop15: key points of the nature deal at a glance</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-85189778769032358852022-12-12T10:28:00.001-05:002022-12-12T10:28:28.256-05:00Keystone pipeline shuts down after oil spill in Kansas creek | PBS NewsHour<div><div>TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas shut down a major pipeline that carries oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast, briefly causing oil prices to rise Thursday.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicS4_CzBnzyrccVAIdBSlYNumiyiaraAB1yAUSWNqw7Ulak9m7NTNLludclrCvG7J8lzF8QfL_QqukbXvOljxqOsbKZTgTP1qUGBY5MFOaymcBPF8HFFRhKZ2euQrCN4HDuhjElCKGp-PRhjX2_bCoRstxvFKEQ76EEapmiS2fwt9fGdpKYjew7ETOcA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicS4_CzBnzyrccVAIdBSlYNumiyiaraAB1yAUSWNqw7Ulak9m7NTNLludclrCvG7J8lzF8QfL_QqukbXvOljxqOsbKZTgTP1qUGBY5MFOaymcBPF8HFFRhKZ2euQrCN4HDuhjElCKGp-PRhjX2_bCoRstxvFKEQ76EEapmiS2fwt9fGdpKYjew7ETOcA=w554-h368" width="554" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Emergency crews work to clean up the largest U.S. crude oil spill in nearly a decade, following the leak at the Keystone pipeline operated by TC Energy in rural Washington County, Kansas, Dec. 9, 2022. Photo by Drone Base/REUTERS</div><br /></div><div>Canada-based TC Energy said it shut down its Keystone system Wednesday night following a drop in pipeline pressure. It said oil spilled into a creek in Washington County, Kansas, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City.</div></div><div><br /></div>Continue reading at: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/keystone-pipeline-shuts-down-after-oil-spill-in-kansas-creek" target="_blank">Keystone pipeline shuts down after oil spill in Kansas creek | PBS NewsHour</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-64565241607934168912022-12-12T09:38:00.007-05:002022-12-12T10:54:22.161-05:00Find Corridor-Focused Organizations // LandScope America<div><span style="background-color: #bfe3aa; font-family: inherit;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">A </span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wildlife corridor</b><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">, </span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">habitat corridor</b><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">, or </span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">green corridor</b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_corridor#cite_note-1" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; color: #795cb2; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[1]</a></sup><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> is an area of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(ecology)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; color: #795cb2; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Habitat (ecology)">habitat</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> connecting </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; color: #795cb2; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Wildlife">wildlife</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> populations separated by human activities or structures (such as roads, development, or logging). This allows an exchange of individuals between populations, which may help prevent the negative effects of </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbreeding" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; color: #795cb2; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Inbreeding">inbreeding</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> and reduced genetic diversity (via </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_drift" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; color: #795cb2; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Genetic drift">genetic drift</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">) that often occur within isolated populations. (Wikipedia)</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIsBHfgMaHxtyE1AkvZHxzMYYlJV2vejF6aTOMIM7N2dUQI5r4a8Bf6lx00-zN6n5zwItVdKyN7BgVki9kIEl7qhOEs0RiUdV-3W_yNU6ACMXtIHxm2tYKq3vew1BtK4a_XYSS0D0_1t8WPh83jHAeXwe8mekZHGYjW2y27QdnZ_In0-nE6hTDx8HNg/s330/0A089F27-7284-4BB7-B934-BB9A0C5B142E.jpeg" style="background-color: #bfe3aa; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIsBHfgMaHxtyE1AkvZHxzMYYlJV2vejF6aTOMIM7N2dUQI5r4a8Bf6lx00-zN6n5zwItVdKyN7BgVki9kIEl7qhOEs0RiUdV-3W_yNU6ACMXtIHxm2tYKq3vew1BtK4a_XYSS0D0_1t8WPh83jHAeXwe8mekZHGYjW2y27QdnZ_In0-nE6hTDx8HNg/s320/0A089F27-7284-4BB7-B934-BB9A0C5B142E.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #bfe3aa;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(84, 89, 93); color: #54595d;"><div style="font-size: 17.0625px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A green forest corridor in Brazil. Picture credit: Wikipedia.</span></div></span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 19.7647px;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="http://www.landscope.org/explore/natural_geographies/wildlife_connections/get_connected/corridor_groups/?mc_cid=6744a44df1&mc_eid=92af25f0c1" style="background-color: #bfe3aa;" target="_blank">Find Corridor-Focused Organizations // LandScope America</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-1210332839536447112022-11-28T15:00:00.002-05:002022-12-12T10:32:43.645-05:00EU climate plan sacrifices carbon storage and biodiversity for bioenergy<div>Incoming policies will cause the European Union to harvest more wood, shift one-fifth of cropland to bioenergy and outsource deforestation, analysis shows.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDFEHq1wjJFjQbgbFX5ZBDd8xQkUJ_MdnUyBVsfl8QsH5WyDFK_LEd3-54fROU6C9VYlD9PUCC0hMu849OTmt_82P-pLEWnwL2EjgKP-jp9NVdcl8P5t-TnGhLaWFmLzeHQJErWeteo-xJZV1xHjJc2W2Qf7CCyVaWqEKZu3Ys567LPc23ofDqPoS3wQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="751" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDFEHq1wjJFjQbgbFX5ZBDd8xQkUJ_MdnUyBVsfl8QsH5WyDFK_LEd3-54fROU6C9VYlD9PUCC0hMu849OTmt_82P-pLEWnwL2EjgKP-jp9NVdcl8P5t-TnGhLaWFmLzeHQJErWeteo-xJZV1xHjJc2W2Qf7CCyVaWqEKZu3Ys567LPc23ofDqPoS3wQ=w488-h391" width="488" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div>Continue reading at: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04133-1" target="_blank">EU climate plan sacrifices carbon storage and biodiversity for bioenergy</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-68999913901022365712022-10-21T00:17:00.000-04:002022-10-21T00:17:09.440-04:00New Jersey Sues 5 Oil Giants, Industry Lobby for Climate Fraud<div>"We will work tirelessly to make sure these companies pay every last dollar for the harm they've caused," said state AG Matthew Platkin. "If you lie to the public to protect your profits, we will hold you accountable."</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1UV-t0592JxRnLDz1wtZpGItayRoAt6yXxT3XRrStO84YpzA7uJykhcg4_Xs6ZIRt30t9OOwto69yFOf0Ie6-1G9wFXkewXJQHHwPn2qg2IX4VSWIfW94C4iyd2ihKSY9wB3obuOMmuV7UgnQ4vfWMxowhFvh7lD0uKXyo5Hhh2xIHTvKjZbBltbrCg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="1280" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1UV-t0592JxRnLDz1wtZpGItayRoAt6yXxT3XRrStO84YpzA7uJykhcg4_Xs6ZIRt30t9OOwto69yFOf0Ie6-1G9wFXkewXJQHHwPn2qg2IX4VSWIfW94C4iyd2ihKSY9wB3obuOMmuV7UgnQ4vfWMxowhFvh7lD0uKXyo5Hhh2xIHTvKjZbBltbrCg=w673-h244" width="673" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seaside Heights and other towns on and beyond the Jersey Shore were devastated by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>New Jersey on Tuesday sued five oil and gas companies and a leading fossil fuel lobby group for knowingly lying to the public about the existence of climate change and the role their products play in exacerbating human-caused global heating.</div><div>The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court in Mercer County, targets ExxonMobil Corporation, Shell Oil Company, Chevron Corporation, BP, ConocoPhillips, and the American Petroleum Institute (API).</div><div><br /></div>Read the full story here: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-5-oil-giants-industry-lobby-climate-fraud" target="_blank">New Jersey Sues 5 Oil Giants, Industry Lobby for Climate Fraud</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-56344420534817944182022-06-12T18:23:00.003-04:002022-12-30T00:04:08.514-05:00The transformation of a low diversity sterile backyard (first picture) to a backyard rich in insects, wildlife and birds and a productive permaculture garden<p>The transformation of a low diversity sterile backyard (first picture) to a backyard rich in insects, wildlife and birds and a productive permaculture garden took about 6 years as it was done in several easy and manageable steps:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWzGtbKq4nvedDgJ3MnYqUL0ERGKOst2oSzeeWDKAI4qDdXLOWiIIgnNRJXbtgQe3HLoY7Cn4nIdOjkzSOhK850QTWblxx2iDbRfEGeFaI2Mc9bZNz8yVdUaxhkMIxZ__R-ufZgA4VQQIskjlDoa8-x9hwd5gSbrIc7Rew6y24XyP08-hvyNhRj8IUw/s1280/slide1_orig.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWzGtbKq4nvedDgJ3MnYqUL0ERGKOst2oSzeeWDKAI4qDdXLOWiIIgnNRJXbtgQe3HLoY7Cn4nIdOjkzSOhK850QTWblxx2iDbRfEGeFaI2Mc9bZNz8yVdUaxhkMIxZ__R-ufZgA4VQQIskjlDoa8-x9hwd5gSbrIc7Rew6y24XyP08-hvyNhRj8IUw/w626-h352/slide1_orig.png" width="626" /></a></div><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Establishments of the raised garden beds</li><li>Building of the 3-bin compost and establishment of rain barrels</li><li>Prairie restorations on the slopes, driveway and side yard</li><li>Planting of native transplants into un-mowed islands</li><li>Changing mowing patterns to keep native plants that outseed into lawn and also keep non-native flowers frequented by pollinators</li><li>Excavating the pond and planting of native water plants</li></ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaNfEFTE0B8V83izay8XbsudkJ1NUnHZL4PzcDxaQYObYZ5SPGpYgJ6frkBEsxK0FEpMQ2PxGsMMn8qv3c6J25y1UzvXJbMVqu-glk2m3t9GBgOvDLksJI5h_C1uyPOIZAaCpluvl5s-IBieIp-fWQKElvaRz1bN2QaGp1AsxUIzur45xQFDlbdz8qA/s1280/slide7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaNfEFTE0B8V83izay8XbsudkJ1NUnHZL4PzcDxaQYObYZ5SPGpYgJ6frkBEsxK0FEpMQ2PxGsMMn8qv3c6J25y1UzvXJbMVqu-glk2m3t9GBgOvDLksJI5h_C1uyPOIZAaCpluvl5s-IBieIp-fWQKElvaRz1bN2QaGp1AsxUIzur45xQFDlbdz8qA/w648-h364/slide7.png" width="648" /></a></div><br /><div>Link to post with pictures: <a href="https://www.shusustainability.org/build-a-biodiverse-backyard.html" target="_blank">https://www.shusustainability.org/build-a-biodiverse-backyard.html</a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-72568037272879428762022-02-28T21:22:00.001-05:002022-02-28T21:22:07.404-05:00IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’<div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(77, 77, 77); color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;">UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are among the "unavoidable multiple climate hazards” the world will face over the next two decades </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/25QlQVnL15M" width="320" youtube-src-id="25QlQVnL15M"></iframe></div></div><a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112852" target="_blank">IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-88700347594954972042022-02-22T18:59:00.001-05:002022-02-22T18:59:11.971-05:00Ten facts about land systems for sustainability | PNAS<div>Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation, climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we synthesize knowledge accumulated in land system science, the integrated study of terrestrial social-ecological systems, into 10 hard truths that have strong, general, empirical support. These facts help to explain the challenges of achieving sustainability in land use and thus also point toward solutions. The 10 facts are as follows: 1) Meanings and values of land are socially constructed and contested; 2) land systems exhibit complex behaviors with abrupt, hard-to-predict changes; 3) irreversible changes and path dependence are common features of land systems; 4) some land uses have a small footprint but very large impacts; 5) drivers and impacts of land-use change are globally interconnected and spill over to distant locations; 6) humanity lives on a used planet where all land provides benefits to societies; 7) land-use change usually entails trade-offs between different benefits—"win–wins" are thus rare; 8) land tenure and land-use claims are often unclear, overlapping, and contested; 9) the benefits and burdens from land are unequally distributed; and 10) land users have multiple, sometimes conflicting, ideas of what social and environmental justice entails. The facts have implications for governance, but do not provide fixed answers. Instead they constitute a set of core principles which can guide scientists, policy makers, and practitioners toward meeting sustainability challenges in land use.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4YFmSP6l6dXtgLdgXaNBTWiUxeLdR1USI42ZVnlrB4nKz2UQmxwalAWuK8jQ3ETBdtxfmj4TR1vqnGtGRqft7USuNU3LgEG8BnXZDY8OeKWzDNN6J4xcw_YLfsaFxzl0YLscWHw3EeDNGhhq5jOgRAvJIx9NvcIVfw1xHkj1jHokPGH816ZP9b1m-_Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1280" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4YFmSP6l6dXtgLdgXaNBTWiUxeLdR1USI42ZVnlrB4nKz2UQmxwalAWuK8jQ3ETBdtxfmj4TR1vqnGtGRqft7USuNU3LgEG8BnXZDY8OeKWzDNN6J4xcw_YLfsaFxzl0YLscWHw3EeDNGhhq5jOgRAvJIx9NvcIVfw1xHkj1jHokPGH816ZP9b1m-_Q=w618-h392" width="618" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Continue reading at: <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/119/7/e2109217118" target="_blank">Ten facts about land systems for sustainability | PNAS</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-59462972506823563892022-02-19T19:01:00.003-05:002022-02-19T19:01:42.442-05:00World spends $1.8tn a year on subsidies that harm environment, study finds<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212; font-family: "GH Guardian Headline", "Guardian Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;">Research prompts warnings humanity is ‘financing its own extinction’ through subsidies damaging to the climate and wildlife</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvIFlwTfd7w3jHAO0IRx4O5It8iMhYIrScSGM0FtJyPzUvdZlCj_JFNdECY5Z1Vq3qG9bIyus4X50xgopWg__CW0anWMu2BXrF6vhxJZnMo0cEoh038dbqJG2OA6p2PQIZ0waxyBACKL6idCHLoX4rXe5hzBBdx3INfWz2UJ1vQbk7rVjqQUKTD4oqWQ=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="900" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvIFlwTfd7w3jHAO0IRx4O5It8iMhYIrScSGM0FtJyPzUvdZlCj_JFNdECY5Z1Vq3qG9bIyus4X50xgopWg__CW0anWMu2BXrF6vhxJZnMo0cEoh038dbqJG2OA6p2PQIZ0waxyBACKL6idCHLoX4rXe5hzBBdx3INfWz2UJ1vQbk7rVjqQUKTD4oqWQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/17/world-spends-18tn-a-year-on-subsidies-that-harm-environment-study-finds-aoe" target="_blank">World spends $1.8tn a year on subsidies that harm environment, study finds</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-75424621506948162542022-02-15T20:38:00.001-05:002022-02-15T20:38:45.897-05:00Tracking Gun Violence Losses Under Biden<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: #bbbbbb; font-family: BentonSansCondMed; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">As gun deaths and injuries reach crisis levels across the country and congressional Republicans continue to block lifesaving legislation, President Joe Biden must lead by doing everything and anything he can to prioritize gun violence reduction.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: #bbbbbb; font-family: BentonSansCondMed; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh817riWUZPHZDBxZzJtxPz4_cJNpQC5GwFS8vdRZB-xV0RVWjYm-E6cCze_3-hRwh2QwHMUyCIBCBwYk6aoMnmigk27IwQixavP576CjS3hJyCZPb8bj1lTlZ8_VB_V_V-cRIK-YfLwnbYqXKzSUpmt7TK8mUzXLlx_383I5BUppzgAzvVUIzpCt2EjQ=s2436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh817riWUZPHZDBxZzJtxPz4_cJNpQC5GwFS8vdRZB-xV0RVWjYm-E6cCze_3-hRwh2QwHMUyCIBCBwYk6aoMnmigk27IwQixavP576CjS3hJyCZPb8bj1lTlZ8_VB_V_V-cRIK-YfLwnbYqXKzSUpmt7TK8mUzXLlx_383I5BUppzgAzvVUIzpCt2EjQ=s320" width="148" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: #bbbbbb; font-family: BentonSansCondMed; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.shockmarket.org/" target="_blank">Tracking Gun Violence Losses Under Biden</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-57475981992714615572021-12-18T12:31:00.006-05:002021-12-18T13:10:44.206-05:00Petition · SOS from Auroville: The City of Dawn needs your help urgently! · Change.org<div>I showed the wonderful documentary Ever Slow Green: <a href="https://youtu.be/51npNzfj2zY" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/51npNzfj2zY</a> at Siena Heights University last year documenting one of the most successful reforestations in India - and now it is in dire danger. Please get informed, sign and share! </div><div><a href="https://www.change.org/p/prime-minister-of-india-sos-from-auroville-the-city-of-dawn-needs-your-help-urgently" target="_blank">Petition · SOS from Auroville: The City of Dawn needs your help urgently! · Change.org</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="526" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/51npNzfj2zY" width="633" youtube-src-id="51npNzfj2zY"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.change.org/p/prime-minister-of-india-sos-from-auroville-the-city-of-dawn-needs-your-help-urgently" target="_blank">Petition · SOS from Auroville: The City of Dawn needs your help urgently! · Change.org</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-5597386022828302572021-12-07T16:42:00.004-05:002021-12-07T16:42:53.306-05:00Omicron variant made $10 billion in a week for top Moderna and Pfizer shareholders - Global Justice Now Global Justice Now<div><div>Moderna CEO personally made more than $800 million in week after variant announcement</div><div>Companies “have made more than enough money from the pandemic”, campaigners say</div><div>Big pharma executives and shareholders saw their wealth skyrocket in the week after the Omicron variant was discovered, with just 8 top Pfizer and Moderna shareholders adding a combined $10.31 billion to their fortunes.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXBqoMUz-bV62gPPX9TCb8I3IO2IHwpg4m3zCbazoTqXR5nUNKyDd-QjtFCSB-MZToGIGKu937I2QTYWMtgIWM3Sxo48NG26dBdnbBeePwzeczVrl_3qV4TLkXFAHPpv_sIO7sM0xWYOT/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXBqoMUz-bV62gPPX9TCb8I3IO2IHwpg4m3zCbazoTqXR5nUNKyDd-QjtFCSB-MZToGIGKu937I2QTYWMtgIWM3Sxo48NG26dBdnbBeePwzeczVrl_3qV4TLkXFAHPpv_sIO7sM0xWYOT/w662-h332/image.png" width="662" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div>Campaigners have accused pharma executives of “making a killing from a crisis they helped to create”, blaming “grotesque” levels of vaccine inequality for creating the conditions for the Omicron variant to emerge.</div></div><div><br /></div>Read full story at: <a href="https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/omicron-variant-made-10-billion-in-a-week-for-top-moderna-and-pfizer-shareholders/" target="_blank">Omicron variant made $10 billion in a week for top Moderna and Pfizer shareholders - Global Justice Now Global Justice Now</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-2227013010405688752021-07-01T00:21:00.002-04:002021-07-01T00:21:20.673-04:00Nobel Prize Laureates and Other Experts Issue Urgent Call for Action After ‘Our Planet, Our Future’ Summit | National Academies<a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2021/04/nobel-prize-laureates-and-other-experts-issue-urgent-call-for-action-after-our-planet-our-future-summit" target="_blank">Nobel Prize Laureates and Other Experts Issue Urgent Call for Action After ‘Our Planet, Our Future’ Summit | National Academies</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-8376865925792047542021-06-25T16:06:00.000-04:002021-06-25T16:06:35.786-04:00River Raisin Abused by Factory Farms and Faulty Private Sewers<p>The warm weather and frequent strong rainfalls make it obvious what otherwise can only be detected by water tests - our River Raisin is used as a garbage disposal by upstream industrial dairy farms whose cows produce as much feces as all people within the City of Boston. Rainstorms and flash flooding flush the massive amounts of liquid manure that are sprayed on fields through the soil, greatly assisted by drainage tiles and drain them through ditches and tributaries into the River Raisin. Manure lagoons on the farms are often filled to the rim and are easily overflowing in such weather conditions and follow the same path. Compared to this industrial onslaught, failing private sewers are only contributing miniscule to the problem. The hot weather and high nutrient concentrations in the river are now allowing coliform bacteria from the guts of the cows and bowels of people to grow exponentially in this water causing such awful sights as shown below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RAe0X-QUXxnMtCFFIgGcMtypiKt_nhRTvPppkllm-R5STpXMJmDn34ikLIKhXqB4AmqIQ3RWoGNhyQmyB3_Kl2ukI9VyVQnUPn-UegzFqjbFtbEJadvqGcziiTDPQLsf0mgq-pTrsT6K/s2048/RR_Foam.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RAe0X-QUXxnMtCFFIgGcMtypiKt_nhRTvPppkllm-R5STpXMJmDn34ikLIKhXqB4AmqIQ3RWoGNhyQmyB3_Kl2ukI9VyVQnUPn-UegzFqjbFtbEJadvqGcziiTDPQLsf0mgq-pTrsT6K/w640-h414/RR_Foam.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Large foam beds on Wolf Creek as seen from the Kiwanis Trail bridge on June 21 2021.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-66340662342851086992021-06-25T15:32:00.004-04:002021-06-25T15:32:56.741-04:00Siena Heights professor proposes Lenawee County form environmental affairs commission<p>ADRIAN — A resident of Lenawee County and associate professor of biology at Siena Heights University is proposing that the county commission form an environmental affairs commission to deal with the effects of climate change. </p><p>Thomas Wassmer sent his request to the county commission several weeks ago. It read: “As several other Michigan counties, Lenawee County should instate an Environmental Affairs Commission to coordinate the mitigation and adaptation of environmental affairs including air, water and soil pollution, effects of the climate crisis: heat waves, drought, flooding, erratic and unseasonal weather, increase of tropical diseases and disease vectors, climate-driven migration etc.” </p><p>Read the whole story here: <a href="https://www.lenconnect.com/story/news/local/2021/06/25/professor-proposes-environmental-affairs-commission/5319209001/" target="_blank">https://www.lenconnect.com/story/news/local/2021/06/25/professor-proposes-environmental-affairs-commission/5319209001/</a> </p>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-50313142579855339722021-06-17T18:31:00.000-04:002021-06-17T18:31:01.879-04:00It’s literally raining PFAS around the Great Lakes, say researchers - mlive.com<div>Forever chemicals are now even in the rain.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1b3k_60awsvPyADUFs_CI5Q6eo62XvZvmwoay4AaF5u1yJsfr3M6GT2_nFrTckRiVexbCVb_RVsSXRRHYAvYD_Tp7r_X9QJSj2I6wRTPyiyD35gTdgMcrU867TYNjqWkeUUs5BEwXIn3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1b3k_60awsvPyADUFs_CI5Q6eo62XvZvmwoay4AaF5u1yJsfr3M6GT2_nFrTckRiVexbCVb_RVsSXRRHYAvYD_Tp7r_X9QJSj2I6wRTPyiyD35gTdgMcrU867TYNjqWkeUUs5BEwXIn3/" width="523" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A late evening storm rolled through Cleveland on Wednesday night, May 26, 2021, and left a spectacular sunset behind.David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com</div><br /></div>Full story: <a href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/06/its-literally-raining-pfas-around-the-great-lakes-say-researchers.html" target="_blank">It’s literally raining PFAS around the Great Lakes, say researchers - mlive.com</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-40255908537332164552021-05-30T10:47:00.007-04:002021-05-30T10:47:57.531-04:00Switzerland could ban all pesticides<div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In 14 days, Switzerland could become the first country in the world to ban ALL pesticides.</span></p></div><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/swiss-voters-to-cast-ballots-on-pesticide-free-farming/a-57482959" target="_blank">Swiss voters to cast ballots on pesticide-free farming | DW | 11.05.2021</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-68508750715029923582021-05-13T00:04:00.007-04:002021-05-13T00:04:40.964-04:00Lifesaving tips on reopening the US (Opinion) - CNN<div><strong><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">(CNN) </span></strong><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Widespread vaccine coverage
in the US is rapidly reducing new infections, illnesses and deaths from
Covid-19. States and cities are quickly removing restrictions on business and
leisure activities. Yet, while the public enjoys the return to normalcy,
governments behind the scenes should be ramping up public health systems to
guard against another possible wave and to build more competency for the
inevitable next epidemic, whenever it may arise.</span></div><div><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
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First, a note of warning. Newly confirmed cases in the US are now <a href="https://twitter.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50ec04f7fdd8f247aecfa0ddf&id=4f6082eb27&e=aa63c78022" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">below 40,000</span></a> per
day. This is down <a href="https://twitter.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50ec04f7fdd8f247aecfa0ddf&id=a1f828c484&e=aa63c78022" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">from the peak in January</span></a>,
when new cases reached over 300,000 per day. And daily cases continue to
decline, even more rapidly. Yet, just before India's recent surge to over <a href="https://twitter.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50ec04f7fdd8f247aecfa0ddf&id=0afe1f602c&e=aa63c78022" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">400,000 cases per day</span></a>,
that country had reported just <a href="https://twitter.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50ec04f7fdd8f247aecfa0ddf&id=af0066bcf2&e=aa63c78022" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">over 10,000 cases per day</span></a> as
recently as early March. It's a reminder that the Covid-19 epidemic can spread
from very few cases to a devastating surge at a terrifying rate, in just a few
weeks.</span></div><div><br /></div>Full article: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/opinions/tips-to-safely-reopen-us-covid-sachs/index.html" target="_blank">Lifesaving tips on reopening the US (Opinion) - CNN</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-67263981399167929862021-05-12T20:59:00.001-04:002021-05-13T00:06:01.609-04:00Air pollution from animal-based food production is linked to 12,700 deaths each year, study says<cite class="el-editorial-source" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: 100%;">(CNN)</cite><span face="CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #fefefe; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Air pollution from food production in the United States is linked to an estimated 15,900 premature deaths each year, according to a </span><a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/118/20/e2013637118" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">new study published Monday</a><span face="CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #fefefe; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"> in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</span><div><img height="274" id="id_79e2_ea59_a11d_646c" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/oSiE--lA6KnW5EzIvo3AKm2b1ZPlee8P3I08wW4DOdDl5FMHg1PZrGXWAMYYV2z3n7k=w487-h274" style="height: auto; width: 298px;" tooltip="" width="487" /><div><span face="CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #fefefe; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Full CNN article: </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/us/air-pollution-deaths-farming-agriculture/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/us/air-pollution-deaths-</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><font size="4">farming</font></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">-agriculture/index.html</span></a></div></div>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825135273923366981.post-38893240619342573552021-05-04T12:28:00.006-04:002021-05-04T12:28:34.255-04:00Tomorrow's Film at the Environmental Documentary Series: Kiss the Ground<div><p class="MsoNormal">Tomorrow, 5-May, The 11<sup>th</sup> Environmental
Documentary Series will show the documentary Kiss the Ground: <a href="https://kissthegroundmovie.com/" target="_blank">https://kissthegroundmovie.com/</a> with
a running time of about 80 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="405" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3iknWWKZOUs" width="487" youtube-src-id="3iknWWKZOUs"></iframe></div><p class="MsoNormal">About the film: Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss
the Ground is an inspiring and groundbreaking film that reveals the first
viable solution to our climate crisis. Kiss the Ground reveals that, by
regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s
climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using
compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the
film artfully illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, soil is the
missing piece of the climate puzzle. This movie is positioned to catalyze a
movement to accomplish the impossible – to solve humanity’s greatest challenge,
to balance the climate and secure our species future.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">We will connect at 6:30 PM via Zoom (</span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83391076365?pwd=djZQa3hvQklncDlTdTdjbnBPdDcxdz09" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83391076365?pwd=djZQa3hvQklncDlTdTdjbnBPdDcxdz09</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">)
and everybody will start the films soon after. After the films we will hold a
discussion on Zoom.</span></p></div>Entire Schedule: <a href="https://www.shusustainability.org/environmental-documentaries.html" target="_blank">Environmental Documentaries - SHU Sustainability</a>Tom Wassmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446440437723990181noreply@blogger.com0