There is tremendous growth in wind and solar installations, with good reason—free market economics.
Category: air pollution
air pollution
An experiment with clean air
As we hear pressures to roll back some of the provisions that ensure clean air, largely in pursuit of unfettered economic activity, it is worth spending a little time reflecting on the benefits of cleanContinue reading
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, population growth, water pollution
air pollution, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, population growth, water pollution
Freshman year report card
Trump’s First Year Slightly less than a year ago, I used this blog to provide an open letter to Donald Trump regarding the environment (http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/citizenscientist/some-thoughts-for-the-new-president/). My points were simple: Use science to base environmental decisions;Continue reading
Pennies from Heaven
Emissions of vanadium to the atmosphere parallel the increased use of heavy oil and are now nearly twice the sum of all natural sources combined.
Casting your last environmental footprint
If you want to leave a big carbon footprint on the atmosphere, choose cremation in an electric furnace.
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, biogeochemistry, climate, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty
air pollution, biogeochemistry, climate, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty
Chemtrails
There is no credible evidence that chemtrails exist.
Only ostriches do it better.
The assault on basic knowledge and its discovery is likely to leave our nation behind in the competitive international arena
Global Movements of Mercury
Concentrations of mercury and pesticides in the animals that live in the polar regions are a living index of the widespread human pollution of nature.
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, biodiversity, climate, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, natural habitat, water pollution
air pollution, biodiversity, climate, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, natural habitat, water pollution
The Trumpian footprint
We will not make America great again if we can’t breathe the air, drink the water, or find mental refreshment and recreation in natural areas.
Ammonia
Ammonia is unregulated, yet it is the cause of poor health and early death in rural agricultural communities.