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geology of the SW  US by John McPhee - Basin and Range, and Annals of the Former World- Annals of the Former World, -McPhee’s tetralogy on geology, was published in a single volume in 1998 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in...

link  " EPA gave a Chevron refinery approval to make a fuel that could leave people nearby with a 1-in-4 lifetime risk of cancer"  This would occur in a community already poisoned by many other industrial facilities.   "“So-called ‘chemical recycling’ has been touted...

Link  This could cut off nutrientupwelling, warm the ocean, quicken the ice sheet melting, and cut off the ocean's ability to absorb CO2.

Grist list of eco-climate monkeywrench books I liked Ministry of the Future,  the Overstory, and Hummingbird Salamander.  I also like  Paolo Bacigalupi's books- they are bit dark and violent, but unpleasantly accurate in their predictions of the future.

Link "a federal jury largely affirmed those allegations, finding Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges guilty of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving bribery and money laundering. The two men face up to 20 years in...

Here is the letter I received from Jono Miller, who has been protecting the Myakka River for years.  He has led me on many canoe and kayak trips down the river.   Ally of the Myakka: I need your help. More...

"The People versus Agent Orange".  Two women stand up to the spraying of 2-4-5-T pesticide onto them and their neighbors.  One woman is in Oregon fighting the logging cos. and US Forest Service spraying their homes.  One woman is in...

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2023 Virtual Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference  2-25-23 costs $10   https://landscapingwithcoloradonativeplants.wordpress.com/

link   They also give lots of money to statelegislators to get the rate increases , to to get loans for coal and nukes, to elect a cabal. to take over the legislature,and to stop renewable energy programs.

Link   The discussion starts about 9 minutes into the talk. Great discussion by former US Atty, former Ohio PUC member, and journalists about First Energy bribing the Ohio legislature and PUC Chair in order to get high rate increases and...

Link  "Methane, among the most potent greenhouse gasses — along with VOCs like toluene, butane, hexane, and benzene, a known carcinogen linked to a host of serious health complications — show up as a dance of color to the infrared...

Link  Stanford's Jacobson's defense of renewables in MT lawsuit Montana would save 6.3 billion per year by switching to renewable energy instead of coal, oil, and natural gas. 

  Mary Warwick, Head of Houston Humane Society's Wildlife Center, and volunteers, gathered, heated up, and fed bats suffering from hypothermia during freezing temperatures.  They had fallen from under the bridge.  These free tail bats eat tons of mosquitos.  Link...

Link Link  if applied just to cool the NH, which might have preferential local climate responses (eg, less Atlantic TCs) for the geoengineering parties, there could be potentially devastating impacts (eg, Sahelian drought) in other regions.  

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The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird. by Bruce Barcott

Link Science News  dental floss, makeup,  sunscreen, carpets, stain resistant clothing, textiles, paints, fast food. packaging, microwave popcorn  bags, firefighting foam, ...

Elizabeth Kolbert  Her interviews and stories catch your attention and won't let go.  They are like a great book that you can't put down.