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Supreme Court puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold
On February 9, the Supreme Court issued a “stay” blocking implementation of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan rules that aim to cut CO2 emissions from the nation’s power plants until challenges to the regulations can be heard by the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Law and justice, Politics
Tagged Clean Power Plan, climate change, CO2 emissions, Environment, SCOTUS
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Big World Small Planet
Are we doomed? Have we messed up the Earth beyond all hope? News reports about the environment would sure make you think so. From CO2 emissions to deforestation to species extinction; you name it, it seems like humans are totally … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Energy, Environment
Tagged book review, climate change, Earth, nonfiction, planetary boundaries, sustainability
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The End of Night
If Vincent Van Gough were alive today he couldn’t possibly paint The Starry Night. That’s because our modern obsession with more and brighter lighting has obliterated the stars and threatens to banish night itself. This is one of many poignant … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged astronomy, book review, darkness, light pollution, night, nonfiction, Van Gough
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