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Child Autism Epidemic Firmly Linked to Environment
Okay, now we know that all that household stuff we've been using and breathing for the last 50 years is damaging our children. Sure, some of the problem is toxic chemicals outside the home, but there's a witches' brew under the kitchen sink we CAN control. Yet how many of us will stop using... Read More...
New Mexico Shows Its Environmental Guts Against the Usual Suspects
Citing the very large costs of climate change, the state of New Mexico is making courageous efforts to cap greenhouse gas emissions in the state in the face of massive opposition from the usual suspects: well-heeled polluters. Read More...
When Free Parking Isn’t Free for the Rest of Us
One of several to-the-point articles on the issue of parking, where cars spend 95% of their time. There's street parking, and there's the huge cost of the real estate dedicated to parking that local laws everywhere require. Read More...
Flying by Train at 1000 Kilometers an Hour
The Chinese are at it again, and we may be -- building the fastest (1000 KPH+) train in the world. This is what Detroit & the rest of the rust belt should be doing, and it's not. Read More...
Farm Runoff? Sewage? These Bacteria Eat It Up.
Bacteria in breweries' wastewater can be used to transform the ammonium in farm runoff into harmless nitrogen gas. Considering that farm runoff is increasingly found to be our major water polluter, this low-energy system, still in early trials, offers big hopes. Read More...
Kellogg Claims “No Harmful Material” in 28 Million Recalled Boxes of Cereal
Kellogg recalled 28 million packages of cereal while claiming there was "no harmful material" in them. The FDA knows nothing, has seen nothing and heard nothing, because for decades its mandate has been the protection of commerce, not people. Read More...
A New Approach to Water Allocation: "Virtual Water"
Allocating water between drier Botswana and water-rich areas of South Africa is leading to a new concept of water allocation: "virtual water." Is this just a convenient fiction or a useful construct? Read More...