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Is “Ocean Acidification” The New Climate Change?
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Remember when we had acid rain, honeybee colony collapse disorder, mullets, holes in the ozone layer, Alar, mutated frogs, restless leg syndrome, and more recently, climate change (née global warming)? Well, lately I’ve been seeing references to “ocean acidification.” Seems popular. Ocean acidification…
Why The Rise In Autism and Food Allergies?
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Matt Ridley‘s idea here is definitely provocative, but I can’t help think there might very well be something to it. Matt Ridley on ‘An Epidemic of Absence’ – WSJ.com: Your great-grandparents faced infectious diseases that hardly threaten you today: tuberculosis, polio,…
Now Not Even Solar Power Makes Them Happy
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They already despise nuclear power and natural gas which are much cleaner than than oil and coal. If I didn’t know better, it would be easy to believe that these people weren’t really “progressive” in any honest meaning of the…
The Tragedy of The Commons Revisited
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Have you ever walked into the office break room and found that all three communal coffee pots had 1/8″ of an inch of burned coffee in them because no one made coffee, but all drank it? That’s the tragedy of…
Austin Grocery Store Is A “Sustainable” Dream
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Remember this scene from Portlandia? It’s like a hipster Nirvana. And while here, watch the best scene ever from Portlandia, Is it local? It’s a must-see. In.gredients is Austin’s new Zero-Waste, Package-Free Grocery Store. And it is mega buzzword-friendly. Learn…
Fracking Irony And Property Rights
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One day last week we were driving through the beautiful Finger Lakes region of NY. It’s a hot-bed of discussion and argument over hydraulic fracturing, or the less pleasant sounding “fracking.” I wasn’t able to snap a pic but we…
It’s Not A Delicate Balance
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Another gem from Matt Ridley. Ecology and Change: Nature Has No ‘Balance’ for Us to Keep – Mind & Matter – WSJ.com: Academic ecologists have abandoned such a static way of thinking for something much more dynamic. For a start,…
Green Eggs and The Tragedy Of The Commons
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In the last week I’ve seen a bunch of friends on Facebook mention the new Seuss movie “The Lorax.” I’ve heard of the book but had absolutely no idea what the story was. A few right-leaning posters made comments about…
Yet I Can’t Throw Out A Battery Or Burn Leaves …
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How come I can’t throw out a battery or burn leaves, but the feds can do this on a massive scale? (pic via Wired) Congressman: The Military’s Burn Pits Screwed Our Soldiers – Wired.com: “A few months after he came…