I received this in an email on June 16, 2017 and I’ve been mulling it over since then. This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. You are receiving this email because you have requested notification from the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water (DDW) regarding important updates onContinue reading “An Open Letter to California’s State Water Resources Control Board (Draft)”
Category Archives: environment
March for Climate Earth Change Day
Earth day, since its beginning in 1970, has tried to have ecological gravitas. It has tried to raise awareness of earth’s health, which its founders saw as a fraying cord tethering humans very existence. We were doing to the earth what I wanted to do with Mary Sue Horsley. At the time of this firstContinue reading “March for Climate Earth Change Day”
Industrial Chemicals and the Cancer Epidemic
The Sierra Club mulls the question, “Why are so many people getting cancer?” And then, without evidence, answers itself (like homeless guy on the corner), “One reason may be the legal release of millions of pounds of cancer-causing chemicals into our air and waterways.” Similarly, Rachel Carson asserted that “more American school children die ofContinue reading “Industrial Chemicals and the Cancer Epidemic”
Earth Hour: Will Switching Off Lights Help?
Tonight is WWF’s Earth Hour, where we’re supposed to switch off the lights from 8:30p to 9:30p. What will that do for the 1.3 billion in energy poverty?
Earth Hour 2017 – The Great Switch Off
It’s once again time to celebrate Earth Hour on March 25th by turning off your lights from 8:30pm to 9:30 pm and sitting in the dark; that sounds like a major hoot and a half, all right. As the WWF organizers tell us, we can invite friends to sit in the dark with us. If weContinue reading “Earth Hour 2017 – The Great Switch Off”
An Open Letter to California Representative Ted Lieu
Hey Homes, ‘sup? Did y’all know you was being played for a chump? Played by people with more agendas than congress. Which brings me to your statement on Monsanto’s herbicide, RoundUp, and more specifically, its active ingredient, glyphosate. You issued a press release on March 15, 2017. “New questions about the safety of Monsanto weedContinue reading “An Open Letter to California Representative Ted Lieu”
Congressman Ted Lieu Makes Statement on His Glyphosate Concerns: The Activist Hobbyhorse Rides Again
Congressman Ted Lieu who represents California’s 33rd district (which includes Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Palos Verdes Peninsula, and Santa Monica) issued a statement on his concerns about glyphosate. Below is his statement: REP. LIEU STATEMENT ON NEW GLYPHOSATE SAFETY CONCERNS March 15, 2017 Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington – Today, Congressman TedContinue reading “Congressman Ted Lieu Makes Statement on His Glyphosate Concerns: The Activist Hobbyhorse Rides Again”
Cataclysmic Climate Change
Damn, I am pissed. I was supposed to be dead by now. Hell, we all were. Baby-boomers weren’t supposed to live longer than their parents’ generation. Experts expected pesticides and other synthetic chemicals to kill us. We would be killed by the very technology meant to save us—hoisted with our own malathion petards. Rachel CarsonContinue reading “Cataclysmic Climate Change”
Cheering up Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Case of the Mondays
Cheer up Dr. Tyson. In these past forty-five to fifty years…we have landed unmanned probes, one on the planet Mars and one on a motherfucking comet!…raised literacy 50%, lowered infant mortality 60%, increased average world incomes 300%, and raised lifespans 30%.
EWG’s Golden Shower
Pop quiz: Which is least toxic, arsenic, cyanide or vitamin D? (answer at the end of this post) EWG’s Golden Shower Gambit Once again, the non-governmental organization, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), which has yet to find a chemical to not be concerned about to raise cash environmental awareness, wants to be showered inContinue reading “EWG’s Golden Shower”
Nullius in Verba 