Category Environment

Owl vs. Owl

brown and black owl staring

“To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins.…

The Great Salt Lake Utah

railway tracks dividing great salt lake in utah usa

“This past year, the Great Salt Lake’s water levels hit record lows,” Earthjustice posted on X, formerly Twitter, with an image to show the difference 37 years has made to the lake. “Experts predict ecological collapse within 5 years. The…

Pollution

Editorial and opinion, which we almost never do … The only solution to pollution is a “smaller life”. And everyone knows it. Most any sort of human behavior is or could be deemed a pollutant. And a smaller life risks…

Job cuts

“We’ve agreed that about 9,000 jobs will be eliminated in a socially responsible way, but in exchange, about 2,000 will be created in new areas like electrification and digitization.” “This bureaucrat boasts that he has ensured that 7,000 jobs will…

EV incentives or disincentives?

“Proposed tax credits of up to $7,500 for electric vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act could be counterintuitive for sales of EVs, according to several companies and a group representing major automakers such as General Motors, Toyota Motor and Ford…