As you well know, I mostly focus on climate change in my postings. Not today. With the climate change crisis growing exponentially every minute, it’s easy to forget about all the other environmental issues that are a mortal threat to our personal health and that of the planet. I presume that you know that plastics mostly do not degrade and can…
I started going to the mountains as a little kid back in the 50’s when my family would spend summer vacations at Sun Valley, Idaho. I started camping and canoeing when I was 9 and backpacking when I was 19. I’ve never stopped. 1971 – My First Backpacking Trip: Shenandoah National Park along the Appalachian Trail Recently in Idaho It used to be…
Last December I wrote about creating electricity from nuclear fusion. I’m not going to describe what that is again but suggest you click on this link to review what I wrote back then if you want a refresher. Fission or Fusion: What is the Difference? My purpose today is to keep you informed and updated on the fact that…
After sending my last message to you incapsulating some of my themes and perspectives I thought that today I would send you the highlights of some recent articles that summarize and reiterate several topics about which I’ve been writing. I’ll leave it up to you to look up the articles if you want more details. Phoenix Hits 114 F for…
I recently received some feedback that there’s enough bad news from the media everyday and that it would be nice if I were more positive in my messaging. Yes, there is some negativity in my writing. But mostly, I think I have been encouraging optimism. In considering this I hope that my themes are coming through: 1. Negative: The Climate…
Last week I wrote to you about the decline in the rate of loss of bumblebees last year. Still a loss and a big one but just not as steep as it has been. Here’s the back story of how badly the bumblebee population is doing. It’s a very disturbing phenomenon. “A federal review of existing data unveils an…
I imagine that many, if not most or all, of you know that the populations of pollinators have plummeted dramatically over the last couple of decades all over the world. Bees and monarch butterflies are the canaries in the coal mine so to speak. The dramatic decimation of their populations dramatize how what may appear to be minor changes in climate…
Back in June 2018 I sent out this piece: Altering NSR Can Kill You. Concerned?? (https://franklytalking.com/altering-nsr-can-kill-you-concerned/) Well, NSR (New Source Review) is back in the news. I’m really delighted to send you this article today. You probably know that I am a life member of Sierra Club having joined the Club in 1976. I have been actively engaged…
I hope you listened to my warnings over the past few years and divested yourself from any asset in any way tied to fossil fuels not just for moral reasons but for your own financial security. A great deal of the asset values supporting the prices of a fossil fuel extraction company’s financial instruments is the capitalized cost of the proven…
I am going to write about some topics other than climate change and other directly related issues for a while and spotlight different environmental issues of grave concern. You can read in the mainstream media about the temperature in Siberia above the Arctic Circle being over 100 degrees and at the bottom of the Grand Canyon over 115 degrees and melting peoples’ boots. Today I…