THE BALTIMORE SUN Time to close the loopholes on Md.’s forest conservation law Just across from the Baltimore Museum of Art is a stairwell that leads down into a secluded park. Although it’s surrounded by bustling city traffic, the brick …
Maryland’s Forests and a Law Designed to Protect? Here’s What I Think. Read more »
At the outset of 2018, I’ve seen the current Executive branch, and the EPA and Interior Departments (to name just 2) working mightily against many aspects of sustainability. Against the health of our biosphere. Perhaps some of you are happy …
The average American spends so much time indoors. Rather too bad, but that’s the reality for most of us. With the onset of winter, it’s gonna be truer. Catching my attention lately was the quote: “According to the [EPA], the …
Before moving on to today’s intended post, consider acting on Administration moves to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. These efforts are urged by extraction industries which rarely restore what they’ve disrupted. They can get theirs from elsewhere. The …
Some Good News Sand to Snow National Monument recently deemed “safe”. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has just recommended no changes be made to the monument’s protected status. Whew! One down. 20 national monuments to go, including Giant Sequoia and Vermillion …
Yosemite National Park was formed in 1890. Who signed the first legislation that protected key parts of the park? President Abe Lincoln. In 1864 he gave the Yo-semite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias to the state of …
A Magnificent, Suitably Scaled Historic Hotel in Yosemite Read more »
You who may be subscribers to “Nature Conservancy” magazine might have noticed an article in the just-released Summer 2017 edition called: “Liquid Assets: Five large cities invest in upstream conservation to improve water quality for their residents.” (“Liquid Assets” is the …
Picking up where I last left off on resiliency, Development Projects Featuring “Resilience” to Climate Change (Pt 2), I noted a major project is well underway to help lessen the effects of future extreme climate events on the people and …
Yale University’s Climate Change Opinion Maps are really helpful to organizations, businesses, government and just plain folks. These maps span a hefty number of surveys or polling on various aspects and consequences of global warming, including behavior. This work is …
Pt 1 on the subject, a couple weeks back, was about The Wharf, a 24-block resilient development along 1 mi. of Washington, DC waterfront. Today: Harvard’s Spaulding Rehab Hospital, located in the Inner Harbor of Boston. And, a late addition …
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