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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Is Offshore Wind a Reliable Renewable?One of the big knocks against renewable resources is their intermittency. The sun doesn’t always shine, the wind doesn’t always blow. One way to see...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 21, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jun 28, 2020 at 11:31 am | 30 comments | 12336 Views
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The Weird Thing about Population GrowthThere are a lot of people on the planet, with more added every day. It took 200,000 years to get to one billion...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 17, 2020Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jun 19, 2020 at 12:05 am | 29 comments | 13380 Views
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Power Lines, Pipelines, and the Limits of Eminent DomainDo you notice that you are seeing more protests against oil and gas pipelines in recent years? That’s because pipeline construction is booming. When fracking...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 31, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jun 18, 2020 at 12:44 pm | 25 comments | 11528 Views
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The Deck is StackedIf you have twelve seconds, take a look at this video clip from October 2015. Candidate Trump is talking with Chris...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 7, 2020Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jun 17, 2020 at 8:43 pm | 38 comments | 8495 Views
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We are testing geoengineering, and that is a good thingGeoengineering is the “deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change”. (1) It
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 24, 2020Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jun 1, 2020 at 5:09 pm | 34 comments | 11249 Views
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Should you read the comments?Comments are a big part of this online paper. The “Town Square” forum is featured prominently and the staff spends a good amount of time moderating the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 10, 2020Last comment by Jennifer, on May 17, 2020 at 5:26 pm | 48 comments | 10387 Views
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Is "stage 2" the time to try a more pedestrian-friendly downtown?Should we be allocating more space for people and less space for cars in our downtowns? This question comes up
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 3, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on May 8, 2020 at 3:38 pm | 39 comments | 13190 Views
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An Interview with Carbon Brief's Leo HickmanWhere can you find the best information about climate change online? How has President Trump affected climate journalism? Is reporting on coronavirus repeating the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 26, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Apr 30, 2020 at 3:32 pm | 6 comments | 7147 Views
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The Gulf between Climate Plan and Climate ResultsEarth Day is coming up this Wednesday, April 22. Rather than write about ambitious new goals, I want to write about the more humbling process of change. What does...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 19, 2020Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Apr 24, 2020 at 5:53 pm | 13 comments | 8358 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Flying: Coming soon to an airport near you...This is the fourth post in an (intermittent) series on flying… Flying is a growing component of greenhouse gas emissions, and
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 12, 2020Last comment by aviation review, on Apr 19, 2020 at 2:43 pm | 21 comments | 11637 Views
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A Pragmatic Approach to A Trillion TreesAs this quarantine continues, many of us are taking more pleasure in time spent outdoors. Trees in particular seem to uplift and inspire us. Yet they are also workhorses...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 5, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Apr 8, 2020 at 3:26 pm | 4 comments | 9587 Views
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Can you stay healthy without making more trash?A commenter mentioned a few weeks ago that reusable cups, bags,...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 29, 2020Last comment by DC, on Apr 4, 2020 at 4:06 pm | 7 comments | 8638 Views
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Will the Coronavirus Save Lives?I saw an eye-opening statistic the other day. Coronavirus to date has killed almost 15,000 people worldwide (as of March 22). It may be 2x or 3x that by the time...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 22, 2020Last comment by Jetman, on Mar 28, 2020 at 12:59 pm | 29 comments | 8880 Views
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Are you that duck?I was walking my dog earlier this week, enjoying the rare everyday activity that wasn’t cancelled(!) She likes to visit a big oak tree where a woman puts out...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 15, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Mar 18, 2020 at 12:28 pm | 10 comments | 6090 Views
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Coronavirus and Climate Change“Coronavirus and Climate Change”. How’s that for a depressing headline? In some ways I see the former as a mini version of the latter. Both are serious problems...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 7, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Mar 14, 2020 at 10:32 am | 25 comments | 12513 Views
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Doug Forcett's lesson? It's hard to be good these daysMost of us don’t wake up and think: “I’ll go to work today and overheat the planet!” or “Let’s enjoy some snacks while de-homing...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 1, 2020Last comment by MD Mom, on Mar 8, 2020 at 1:15 am | 3 comments | 8153 Views
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Flying: How to lower your impactI expect a lot of you felt like this after reading the previous blog post...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 23, 2020Last comment by Sociology Is Not A Science, on Feb 27, 2020 at 2:41 pm | 19 comments | 9228 Views
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Flying: How much is enough? It's personal.I expect many of you don’t want to read more about how flying hurts our climate. Our list of “things that are bad” is already long enough. And...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 16, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 26, 2020 at 4:46 pm | 18 comments | 7774 Views
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Flying: A letter from a readerI am beginning a series of blog posts on flying starting this Sunday. To tee it up, I thought I’d share a portion of an email I got from a reader about a year...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 14, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 17, 2020 at 4:12 pm | 8 comments | 5824 Views
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Clouds of UncertaintyClouds have a cooling effect on the planet. “Yes, and the sky is blue”, you may be thinking. “Isn’t that obvious, and why should we care?”...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 9, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 15, 2020 at 7:16 pm | 13 comments | 8920 Views
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