Seemingly underreported, but what made front-page news on Friday’s (May 2, 2008) Chicago Tribune is a story about an EPA official who was told to resign or be fired. Read the entire story here.
The story begins:
SAGINAW, Mich. - The battle over dioxin contamination in this economically stressed region had been raging for years when [...]
Thomas Friedman, a columnist for the NY Times has taken a break from writing a book (he has been on leave from writing columns for many months).
It is great to see that we finally have some national unity on energy policy. Unfortunately, the unifying idea is so ridiculous, so unworthy of the people aspiring to [...]
Here’s an Op-Ed piece By Paul Krugman of the New York Times, published 4/21/08 that speaks to limited resources for our planet. We thought we would share, as it is relevant to our main focus on how human actions change the environment, and how the result will force us to change again. Excerpts [...]
Commentary: Every new phone, camera, and MP3 player we purchase adds yet another charger to our own increasing array (knot, tangle, etc.) of cords we must track. Some even come with a charger to plug into a USB port or our vehicle’s cigarette lighter; and if not, we can go out and buy [...]
