Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), America’s Dumbest Congressman®, recently “asked a U.S. Forest Service official if her organization or the Bureau of Land Management could change the orbit of the moon or Earth to reverse the effects of human-caused climate change.” (See story here.) “T[...]
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June 17th, 2021 - 10:23 am § in Environment
Is Hoover dam becoming obsolete?
Sure looks like it. It’s simple math. Lake Mead’s surface elevation is 1,071 feet, and is dropping by 20 feet a year; when it reaches 895 feet, no water comes out at the bottom of the dam. That means the Colorado River dries up and Hoover Dam stops generating electricity 9 years from no[...]
Biden admin. suspends Trump arctic oil leases
“The Biden administration will suspend controversial leases issued under the [Trump] administration for drilling at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR),” The Hill reported on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Read story here. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said “a departmental review f[...]
May 27th, 2021 - 4:54 pm § in Environment
5/27/2021 Environment headlines (with links to stories)
HOOVER DAM IS BECOMING OBSOLETE The river is running dry, and soon the reservoir will be empty. Read story here CLIMATE-INDUCED WARFARE BEGAN AT LEAST 13,000 YEARS AGO Read that story here NOT AS “GREEN” AS YOU THINK: ELECTRIC CARS HAVE MORE “EMBEDDED CARBON” THAN GAS CARS Read that stor[...]
May 26, 2021: Big Oil’s day of reckoning
Yesterday wasn’t a good day for the fossils in suits who run fossil-fuel companies. “Three of the world’s largest oil companies faced a major reckoning” on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, “over their part in climate change,” newsmagazine Vox said in a story here. The gory de[...]
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South Dakota sues N.P.S. to allow Rushmore fireworks
South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore fireworks lawsuit is getting national media coverage, so let’s take a look-see at it. I can use this as an opportunity to talk a little about law and how courts operate. Fireworks displays at Rushmore were an annual event, and a big tourist draw, until 2010 [...]
April 25th, 2021 - 11:52 am § in Environment, Science
Are pets destroying the planet?
Do we have too many pets? Are our ravenous companion animals eating and pooping us out of a planetary home? What do they contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming? Do we need to ration dogs and cats to save our own species? Click here to enter cartoon slideshow. Return to The-Ave.US [...]
Biden’s border strategy
While Republicans fulminate about the flood of refugees besieging the southern border, Biden — with Harris acting as his point person — wants to tackle the crises driving them to the border. “Harris and other administration officials on Thursday laid out a new approach to the regio[...]