“We can double electric generation in this country by developing wind power in places that are friendly to both people and wildlife We have what we call “fossil fuel friends”. They’re the ones who like to pester us about bird …
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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 »
“WASHINGTON — A major scientific report issued by 13 federal agencies on Friday presents the starkest warnings to date of the consequences of climate change for the United States, predicting that if significant steps are not taken to rein in …
“‘New Construction’ Coming Soon to Mount Royal Elementary/Middle School” The fear was that the Chesapeake Bay Trust would decline the Mt. Royal PTO’s 2017 Watershed Assistance Grant request for $75,000 for a major de-pave/greening of the Mount Royal Elementary/Middle Schoolyard …
that: “Harvey was Texas’ deadliest hurricane in 98 years. All 68 of the deaths were in Texas; 36 in Houston’s Harris County. None was from storm surge — sudden coastal inundation from the sea — which is usually the deadliest …
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 …
About a month ago, Rolling Stone Magazine published: “What Happens When a Superstorm Hits D.C.?” Its lead image- Another image shown in the article is of a section of flood wall along 17th St. in D.C. that must be manually …
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For nearly 9 months of this year, I and some others have been engaged in an effort to reduce impervious surfacing at my very urban Baltimore City church. As the church has no vacant land and city regulations prohibit removing …
What a delight was in store for us when finding Tanner Springs Park in downtown Portland’s Pearl District several weeks ago! This 1-acre urban park, occupying a city block, was created back in 2010 by a team of landscape architects …
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 …