Washington (CAR) Analysis | April 16, 2024 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: Noreen Wise
Have you seen the 2023 award-winning soil health documentary Common Ground, sequel to Kiss the Ground?
Continue reading “‘Common Ground’ Review | Harsh Truths, Hard To Ignore”
Washington (CAR) Analysis | April 8, 2024 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise, and the segment on Supervisor James Walkinshaw edited by Andrea Lewis; Image Credit: AdobeStock
The growing global plastic crisis demands urgent attention and immediate action. Recent headlines have warned that invisible plastic particles pose a very serious health risk. “Microplastics Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Study Finds,” was reported by Healthline in March of 2024. “Landmark study links microplastics to serious health problems,” informed Nature the same month.
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Washington (CAR) Analysis | October 26, 2023 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock
Do daily food choices impact global warming?
The short answer is… Yes! A very significant impact. Can this be reversed? Yes, much the same way that the dirty fossil fuels negative impact is being slashed by the clean energy transition.
According to Ember, an independent analysis firm that relies on “data-driven insights” to assess where countries stand in their transition to clean energy from fossil fuels, “half of the world is past a peak in fossil power,” and 78 of these economies “have displaced fossil power with clean energy.”
Continue reading “Discover the Taste & Health Benefits of Regenified Food Products!”
Washington (CAR) Analysis | April 6, 2023 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock
Protestors from a Coalition of climate justice and environmental organizations poured into DC on Tuesday in response to Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s (CCAN) call to action, chanting their demand for Environmental Protection Agency’s new Power Plant Rules. “EPA, don’t wait. Regulate.”
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Washington (CAR) Analysis | Original article April 27, 2019| Updated with new introduction May 3, 2022 by Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock
After listening to LinkedIn’s The Next Big Idea podcast in which Adam Grant interviewed Annie Murphy Paul, author of The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, I bought the book in audible when the podcast ended, and quickly downed the content. I found several chapters riveting.
Continue reading “Music’s Effect On Body Chemistry | Our ‘Extended Minds’”
Washington (CAR) Analysis | February 15, 2022, by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock
Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State and climatologist, Dr. Mchael E. Mann, provided cold, harsh facts to the House Oversight and Reform Committee in his opening testimony on Tuesday morning February 8, 2022. These chilling details, that were televised live on C-Span across the globe, continued for 3 hours and 30 minutes as Mann and his fellow witnesses (Ms.Tracey Lewis, policy counsel for Public Citizen’s climate program; Ms. Katie Tubb, senior policy analyst for energy and environmental issues, Heritage Foundation; and Mr. Mark van Baal, Founder, Follow This) answered questions posed by each Representative on the Committee.
Continue reading “Acclaimed Climatologist Blasts Big Oil’s Sham Climate Pledges”
Washington (CAR) Analysis | February 9, 2022, by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock
Community supported agriculture (CSA) is an up-and-coming innovative solution for consumers looking for the best way to eat wonderfully healthy, locally grown produce at an economical price while dramatically reducing the carbon emissions associated with our food system (which is 15% of our total annual CO2 emissions in the US, or 9 billion tons per year). “If you want to support regenerative agriculture, and all its benefits, buy produce from a local farmer,” recommends Gabe Brown, a North Dakota farmer who is a soil health pioneer and was featured in the acclaimed documentary, Kiss the Ground.
Continue reading “Is There a CSA Near You? | One Acre Farm”
Washington (CAR) Analysis | January 31, 2022, by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock
Nanoplastic is a recently discovered novel hazard that undermines human health and has the potential to result in infertility, inflammation and cancer. The possible nanoplastic toxicological threat for humans is being propelled to the forefront of our minds, following targeted research on the alarming plastic crisis that has reached the farthest corners of the earth.
Continue reading “Alarming Findings | We’re All Inhaling Nanoplastics”
Washington (CAR) Analysis | September 23, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock
The mysterious deaths of the young California family and their dog while out hiking along the remote Savage Lundy Trail in Devil’s Gulch in Sierra National Forest in Mariposa, California on August 15, 2021, should have us all on high alert as we enter this new high heat era that scientists know very little about.
Continue reading “The Mysterious Deaths of a Young California Family on California Trail Near Toxic Algal Blooms | Who Has the Answers?”
Washington (CAR) Analysis | August 19, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock
Heat can hurt, warned UCLA Assistant Professor of Public Policy Dr. R. Jisung Park in a Twitter thread last month. “In unexpected ways, even indoors,” Park emphasized along with images highlighting the data that supported his assertions. Millions of Americans suffered through a scorching heat wave that punished the Pacific Northwest from late June to mid July, 2021. The staggering temperature highs jolted mayors and governors across five states. “Hotter temperature increases workplace injuries significantly,” Park stated point blank in one tweet.
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