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Author Archives: Eugene
Self-Indulgence and the City
I would never consider anyone an environmentalist for the simple fact that they live in an urban area. I wouldn’t call myself such for residing where I do, and I would never expect otherwise from anyone else. But, David Owen, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Pollution
Tagged David Owen, Green Metropolis, WIlderness, William Cronon
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“You’re an excessively skilled blogger.”
A little while ago, Sophia Kelley from the New York EPA posted a conventionally ambivalent reflection on OWS, which had for a while been going on in Zuccotti Park a few blocks from their office. It was the first time they … Continue reading
“Overnight I Became a Sun-Worshipper”
Archeologists from the University of Birmingham have discovered two ancient fire pits along the periphery of Stonehenge that suggest the site had been used for sun-worship long before the icon monoliths were ever erected. The UK’s Independent explains how scientists … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Nature, Weather
Tagged Archeologists, discoveries, george carlin, paganism, religion is bullshit, scientists say, stonehenge, Sun, Sun-worship, UK, University of Birmingham
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Were to Buy Locally Sourced Christmas Trees
We can all be thankful Turkey day is over. It’s finally time we start listening to “The Christmas Song” on repeat (embittering Jews, etc.) and shopping ourselves to death. If you survived, aren’t broke and are feeling particularly festive, GrowNYC … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Christmas, christmas in New York, christmas trees, ethics, grand army plaza, holidays, locally sources, organic, sustainable, Union Square
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Unwelcome Biodiversity in Prospect Park?
Some living thing is thriving in the Prospect Park lake, now “a breeding ground for a dangerous bacteria that’s been known to kill animals and sicken humans,” the Post claims. “Cyanobacteria have been insidiously multiplying on the lake since the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birds, Fish, Nature, Pollution, Prospect Park, Water, Wildlife
Tagged bacteria, biodiversity, Cyanobacteria, parks department, prospect park, what the Post is up to
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Dispatch From a Family Living Off the Grid
In July, Susannah Hopkins Leisher took off with her husband and three kids to live ‘off-the-grid’ in Maine, leaving behind their suburban New Jersey home for a wooded mountaintop cottage. “We can see to the horizon about 35 miles distant, … Continue reading
Wild Turkey Overpopulation in Staten Island Conveniently Reported in Early November
“The turkeys keep coming and coming and coming. They never stop,” Suloa Perasevic, 37, of Ocean Breeze told the Daily News. A riveting piece of journalism published in today’s News says wild turkeys of Staten Island “are multiplying – and getting … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birds, Food, Holidays, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged gooble gooble motherfucker, Ocean Breeze, Overpopulation, Staten Island, Thanksgiving, thankskilling, Wild Turkeys
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Increased Productivity, Economic Benefits from Lower Pollution, Study Shows
The Republican perennial assault on the already underfunded, inept Environmental Protection Agency usually calls for looser regulations by spreading the scare of economic strain and job loss as a result of stricter ones. A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows lower … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, cockroaches, Disease, Energy, Pollution, Science
Tagged air standards, EPA, numbers, ozone, pollution, productivity, Republican Jihad
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BP All Set to Drill in the Gulf Again
British Petroleum will be drilling seven new exploratory wells in the Gulf of Mexico next year, Green blog reports. The Obama administration gave the oil giant a drilling permit last week, saying “BP has met all of the enhanced safety requirements that we have … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birds, Energy, Nature, Pollution, Shark, Technology, Wildlife
Tagged BP Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon accident, Gulf of Mexico, Obama Administration
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Climate Justice Day At Occupy Wall Street
Demonstrators in Zuccotti Park hosted workshops and “teach-ins” on sustainable economics and fracking this Sunday for the first Climate Justice Day of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Grist reports. Two weeks ago, Grist had asked their readers what they thought about Occupy Wall Street, and they … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Education, Energy
Tagged Climate Justice Day, Grist readers, Occupy Wall Street, teach-ins
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