Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
“But instead of rewriting their proposed changes to water management operations, the Trump Administration replaced the naysayer staff scientists with a new team, who revised the documents into more favorable reviews — a stunning case of science flayed by politics.” Water. Salmon. Agriculture. Extinction? You may have missed this recent article in the local news. …
Trump administration priorities: profit at all costs. “The letter follows two recent lawsuits from environmental groups who say the EPA relied too heavily on industry studies when approving sulfoxaflor. An EPA official told reporters when the new policy was unveiled that “most of the studies that we used were indeed sponsored by industry. That is …
Oregon Democrats push EPA to justify use of pesticide ‘highly toxic’ to bees: The Hill Read More »
July 20th, 9am Dillion Beach: To Honor and Grieve for the Gray Whales Over 70 gray whales have washed up on the US Pacific shores this year, 13 of them in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most have died of starvation, a few by collision with ships. My heart is breaking as we witness what …
July 20th, 9am Dillion Beach: To Honor and Grieve for the Gray Whales Read More »
Ezequiel Becerra/AFP/Getty Images “Won’t it be impossible to get off fossil fuels? Emissions keep going up, and oil companies are too powerful. This seems to be less impossible in other nations. Germany recently had a record week where 65 percent of its electricity came from renewables. Costa Rica has run on renewables for 300 days. …
Climate change: 12 excuses for inaction and how to refute them – Vox Read More »