I love this time of year, because that means lots of birds are migrating to their breeding grounds. I live along the Central Flyway migration corridor, so I get to see a lot of birds I usually don't see during non-migration months. Last spring, I was lucky enough to spot a Painted Bunting, a Blackburnian... Continue Reading →
With time running out to head off the worst damage from climate change, the United States government is starting to quantify the cost of inaction – for taxpayers. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the first ever accounting of how unchecked global warming would impact the federal budget, looking at its... Continue Reading →
The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government
On a winter night in early 2016, Jeremy Kitson gathered in his buddy's large shed with some neighbors to plan their fight against a proposed wind farm in rural Van Wert County, Ohio. The project would be about a mile from his home. From the beginning, Kitson — who teaches physics and chemistry at the... Continue Reading →
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