Malone Telegram | DEC officials surrender to beetle, lift logging ban
"ALBANY –– After years of trying to slow a voracious Chinese beetle that is decimating ash trees, state environmental officials are waving the white flag. The Department of Environmental Conservation dropped a logging quarantine, and said it might be time to cut healthy trees still uninfested by ..."
These Windows Can Generate Electricity And Provide Insulation
My cellphone is always going dead. Do you think they will put out enough power on a sunny day to provide the 5 VDC 700 mA my phone needs to charge?
August 1, 2018 8:36 am Update
Enough sun this morning to charge my cell phone and run my LED Christmas lights with a 100 watt panel. Lots of sun! LOL.
More Recycling Won’t Solve Plastic Pollution – Scientific American Blog Network
"It’s a lie that wasteful consumers cause the problem and that changing our individual habits can fix it"
Major media are ignoring the climate crisis – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
"In the midst of record-breaking heat waves and wildfires, fewer than half of all Americans view global warming as a serious personal threat. A big reason for that: Many journalists are not doing their jobs."
Railyards Were Once So Dangerous They Needed Their Own Railway Surgeons – Atlas Obscura
"Feet, hands, and lives were at risk."