WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
It’s estimated that if food waste was a country, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases after[…]
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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.
PLASTIC POLLUTION
Plastics’ consumption of oil may outpace that of cars by 2050. The production process consumes fossil fuels to make plastics[…]
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BLAST FURNACE
Heat is generated by injecting pure oxygen into a furnace. It reacts with the carbon emanating from rotting garbage in[…]
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EMBEDDED DENIAL
An Interior Department official’s efforts have led to insertion of misleading language about climate change that appears in at least[…]
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LESS COAL, MORE CORN
Our corn and soybean production has increased. Wheat too. That’s probably thanks to declining coal power plant production of electricity.[…]
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GREENWASHING
Photo of my dog taken in front of Bank of America Are we supposed to believe Bank of America’s statement[…]
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SAVING WATER
Three percent of our nation’s energy goes to pump and treat water, so cutting back water use conserves energy and[…]
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MAZIMIZING METHANE
Methane molecules illustration (stock image). The amount of methane humans are emitting via fossil fuels has been vastly underestimated. These[…]
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FLYING HIGH
Delta is committing $1bn to mitigate all its greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10 years. BP plans to reduce[…]
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IN THEIR POCKETS
Oil and gas companies spent $84 million on congressional campaigns in 2018. The industry substantially rewards US legislators with campaign[…]
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