Water Drought in South Oregon and the Federal Relief Program, has contributed to the on-going ground water Crisis in the West. Kimberley Hasselbrink For two decades, the Bureau of Reclamation incentivized farmers to pump water faster than the resource could recover, despite warnings from its own scientists. This year, residents of Klamath County paid the Read More…
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ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL FOR BLACK & BROWN COMMUNITIES: Why Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them. A landmark report conducted by University of Michigan environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor in 2014 warned of the “arrogance” of Read More…
Preservation: Why Healthcare Must Go Green
Why Healthcare Must Go Green! Green has always been my favorite color, though I didn’t know why until recently. Now it is fast becoming the world’s favorite color, and thank goodness for that. Whether more and more people are “going green’ and becoming more environmentally conscious because it is trendy and cool, or because they Read More…