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CD: ACHE Act for Moratorium on Mountaintop Removal Reintroduced in Congress
Will Congress Finally Deal With The Health Emergency of Mountaintop Removal? | Common Dreams. Finally this issue is getting the attention it deserves. I really hope it passes. Here is an excerpt from a letter I wrote to my congressman … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Activism, Challenges, Education, Environment, Pollution, Reform
Tagged ACHE Act, environment, Mountaintop Removal
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Poisoned Places by NPR
While digging around for my last post, I came across a series by NPR titled “Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities”. This is exceptional journalism. I believe all americans should take a look, because toxic air is a neglected health … Continue reading
US Coast Guard Creates ‘Protest-Free Zone’ in Alaska Oil Drilling Zone | Common Dreams
US Coast Guard Creates ‘Protest-Free Zone’ in Alaska Oil Drilling Zone | Common Dreams. Just some more in-your-face evidence of what is wrong with our country. Our tax-payer funded USCG will be enforcing a 500-meter “safety zone” around Shell Oil’s Noble … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Education, Environment, Stewardship
Tagged activism, alaska oil drilling, arctic ocean, environment, oil drilling, protest, shell oil, USCG
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Roots: A Map
I am working on a photo essay post about the importance of downed trees in an ecosystem. Until then, here is a picture of the dried root system of a tree on the shoreline of Jordan Lake, NC. Water and … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Photography, Education, Environment, Parks
Tagged environment, erosion, Jordan Lake, lake, nature, nature photography, photographs, photography, roots, soil, travel, trees, water and wind erosion
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Words for Thought: Uncertain Peril of Genetic Engineering
I love reading books that make you want to write down every word. I may have only read the introduction, but so far this is definitely one of those books: Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds by Claire … Continue reading
The Natural Obligations of Humans to the Environment
I have been cleaning and organizing my laptop data, and thus have stumbled upon extremely old writings of mine, during my insomniac-thinking years. Here is a paper that I wrote for my introductory college class. I don’t know what the … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged educational path, environment, environmentalism, ethics, human obligation, moral obligation, morals, nature
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Video: Indigenous Land Management in North America
“We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, People, Stewardship, Sustainability, Thoughts
Tagged agriculture, education, environment, horticulture, indigenous people, land management, people, sustainability, video
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News: Cambodian Government Cancels Controversial Titanium Mine
Great news for conservations, as the Cambodian government has canceled a titanium strip-mining project in the Cardamom Mountains due to “concerns of the impact on the environment, biodiversity and local livelihoods”. This is big news as the mine projected to bring large … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Stewardship, Sustainability, Thoughts
Tagged cambodia, conservation, endangered species, environment, environmental degradation, mining, news
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