PIPELINE BLOCKED
A U.S. district court has ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline to be shut down and emptied of oil while federal[…]
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Author: Gail McCormick
Gail McCormick has been a leader in climate change activism for over 40 years. Her relevant award-winning art has been shown in museums, university galleries, and at the landmark UN Rio Conference. As a board member of HealthLink, she helped eradicate antiquated Massachusetts coal power plants and has been chair of Sustainable Arlington, MA. She has a Master’s degree from Columbia University. Follow her on Twitter @GailMcCormick20.
A BRIDGE TO OBLIVION
CHAPTER TEN KENDALL SQUARE T STATION CAMBRIDGE SAME DAY VICKI HAD THE FEELING SHE WAS BEING FOLLOWED. She couldn’t pinpoint[…]
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DESTROYING WEYMOUTH
DESTROYING WEYMOUTH Enbridge plans to do a gas line tie-in to the Weymouth Compressor today (though not making the compressor[…]
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LOWER TRUCK EMISSIONS
Ways to make roads stiffer are already available and could improve heavy vehicles’ gas mileage at little to no cost,[…]
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MORE METHANE
The view from my porch Apparently as the Earth warms natural ecosystems such as freshwaters will release more methane than[…]
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LESS FERTILIZER
An important gene in plants could help agricultural crops collaborate better with underground fungi and help them absorb phosphorus. This[…]
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SOUTH POLE WARMING
The South Pole has warmed by about 1.8 degrees Celsius over the past 30 years at a rate of +0.6[…]
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CHAPTER NINE GREEN BUILDING MIT 77 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE NEXT DAY THEY WEREN’T ABOUT TO BE ARRESTED, BUT THERE WERE[…]
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AVOIDING ANESTHESIA
General anesthesia uses volatile halogenated gases and nitrous oxide to knock patients out. Very little is metabolized, so when patients[…]
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DRILLING IN ALASKA
The Trump administration has proposed opening up most of Alaska’s Western Arctic reserve for fossil fuel drilling. The plan would[…]
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