Climate change is real and happening now, but government intervention is expensive and unnecessary. Humans can keep burning fossil fuels, raising livestock, and engaging in other greenhouse gas-emitting activities to their hearts’ content. Mother Nature will take care of everything, by adjusti[...]
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October 11th, 2024 - 2:03 pm § in Environment, Misc.
Mt. Rainier is shrinking
The Cascade volcano’s true summit is a rocky point 14,399.6 feet above sea level. For decades, though, an ice hump on the crater rim poked 22 feet higher into the sky, and everyone thought Mt. Rainier’s elevation was 14,410 feet (or 14,411, after someone added a foot). But Earth is warmi[...]
When photos are deceptive
Those people wearing “Auto Workers for Trump” t-shirts in the photo below? They’re Trump supporters who attended a Detroit campaign rally on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, where J.D. Vance was the featured speaker. They were “stationed in a featured spot” behind Vance as he [...]
Should we abandon climate ostriches to fate?
When Miami-based TV weatherman John Morales (profiled here) issued a dire warning last week about incoming Hurricane Milton, some viewers called him a “climate militant” and accused him of “overhyping emerging weather threats” (read story here). Many Floridians are paying hug[...]
October 1st, 2024 - 12:43 am § in Environment, Misc.
Is Mount Everest getting higher?
The 1,500-mile long Himalayan mountain chain is a land mass pushed upward by the collision of two tectonic plates, the Eurasian and Indian. Its highest point, Mount Everest, was once seabed as shown by marine fossils found near its summit. But tectonic forces aren’t the only ones pushing the h[...]
September 21st, 2024 - 3:43 pm § in Environment, Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ocean front homes
This is what happens when people build homes where they have no business putting them. Read here about insurance. This photo was taken at Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, North Carolina, in September 2024; some debris from this collapsed home was found the next day over 20 miles away. In my opinion,[...]
September 3rd, 2024 - 10:44 pm § in Environment, Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Cloud waves
This cloud formation was photographed over Whidbey Island on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. (Story here). To find out how and why such clouds form, see Wikipedia articles here and here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Carbon capture is a bust
Companies won’t invest in it; only taxpayers are funding it, and … “The United States and other governments have little to show for these massive investments in carbon capture – none of the demonstration projects have lived up to their initial hype,” said Robert Howarth, professor [...]
Project 2025 promotes pollution, ignores climate change
Project 2025, an ultra-conservative blueprint that anticipates Trump will be elected in 2024, looks like it was written by oil industry lobbyists. It “calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and rules,” The Hill says, and would put political appointe[...]
GOP’s Project 2025 slashes veterans benefits
Project 2025 (details here), a brainwave of the rightwing Heritage Foundation (profiled here), is a blueprint for sweeping changes to the federal government. Raw Story, a progressive news website, says it would “plunder” veterans benefits (read story here). The original source material ([...]