§ Living on Earth: Greening the Economy — The Future is at Hand §

April 24, 2021

Living on Earth: Greening the Economy, Earth Day 2021 From the PRI Broadcast by Steve Curwood, et al., April 23, 2021 Over the last 30 years human-caused emissions have increased by 60 percent. Today the atmosphere holds the equivalent of about 420 parts per million of CO2. That is not good news. We began the [...]

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The Green New Deal(s) — That Time Has Come

April 23, 2021

Dear Friends, Colleagues and Concerned Citizens: Date: April 22, 2921 RE: Climate Change, Economic Sustainability and Environmental Preservation Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey just re-introduced the Green New Deal resolution in Congress. Since this landmark resolution was first introduced two years ago, one thing has become clear: the fight for climate justice can [...]

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Proclamation on Earth Day 2021 — President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

April 22, 2021

……………… A Proclamation on Earth Day, 2021 ……………….. …………… Presidential Action, April 22, 2021……………………… On April 22, 1970, millions of Americans rallied together to protect the right of all of us to live free from environmental hazard and harm. On that first Earth Day, they gathered all across America — on college campuses, in public [...]

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Earth Day 2021 — We Can Never Have Too Many Trees in West Virginia

April 21, 2021

Planting Trees in WV Northern Panhandle for Earth Day Article by Maureen Zambito, West Liberty University, April 21, 2021 WEST LIBERTY, WV — Just in time for Earth Day, West Liberty University (WLU) students in Professor James Wood’s biology and ecology classes are planting trees in Wheeling’s public spaces and on campus. Last Saturday students [...]

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Sen. Joe Manchin and United Mine Workers Now Support Major Changes

April 20, 2021

UMWA backs shift from coal in exchange for jobs From an Article by Matthew Daly, Huntington Herald Dispatch (AP), April 19, 2021 WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest coal miners union said Monday it would accept President Joe Biden’s plan to move away from coal and other fossil fuels in exchange for a “true energy transition” [...]

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EARTH DAY SUMMIT on Climate Change to be Live-Streamed

April 19, 2021

Biden’s climate summit: The list of who’s going (and who has yet to RSVP) From an Article in the Independent News of Great Britain, April 16, 2021 President Joe Biden has asked 40 world leaders to a virtual two-day summit to ramp up efforts in tackling the climate emergency, beginning on Earth Day. Invitations have [...]

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Wind Turbines Well Off Shore on the East Coast Show Great Promise

April 18, 2021

Biden banks on offshore wind to help curb climate change From an Article by Allison Winter, Virginia Mercury, April 12, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED — Dominion Energy installed two test turbines to generate power 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach as a precursor what the company hopes will be the largest offshore wind project [...]

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How North Carolina Kids Take on Marine Debris, With a Little Help

April 17, 2021

Kid Power Emerges to Benefit our EARTH Submerged North Carolina Webinar Series, April 22, 2021 Join Jenna Hartley, North Carolina State University PhD student and Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar, as she details her research project involving the power of young people as community change-agents on the topic of marine debris. Hear how 2,500 North Carolina [...]

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Plastics Can Become Microplastics and Spread Literally Everywhere

April 16, 2021

Atmospheric travel: Scientists find microplastic everywhere Article by Blaine Friedlander, Cornell Chronicle, April 12, 2021 PHOTO — A blue microplastic bead sits on a filter under a microscope, surrounded by dust, minerals and charcoal captured from a park in Idaho. At the 2 o’clock position from the bead is puffy yellow piece of pollen. Vast [...]

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The Plastics Problems are Many and Worse than We Thought

April 15, 2021

The Plastics Problems — Waste poses serious risks to human, environmental health From an Article by Olivia Murray, Morgantown Dominion Post, April 11, 2021 PHOTO in ARTICLE — Just as plastic waste fills our oceans and landfills with pollutants, it can have the same effect on bodies — ours and other living creatures’. According to [...]

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