News

Dr. Ruan's ( of Purdue) white paint for roofs could lower temperature 8 degrees F in daytime and  19 degrees F at night. article

David Orr on need to teach earth climate science and rebuilding democracy about 4 minutes into the video

James Balog about climate chaos- photos of receding glaciers, more and more intense fires, rising sea levels, more and more intense hurricanes and tornados

geology of the SW  US by John McPhee - Basin and Range, and Annals of the Former World-

Annals of the Former World, -McPhee’s tetralogy on geology, was published in a single volume in 1998 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.  Assembling California, Rising from the Plains, In Suspect Terrain, Crossing the Craton

Geology of Boulder County   by Ray Bridges (activist in Audubon and other groups teaching about nature) with hikes here in Boulder, Colorado

Roadside guides to Geology by state for western states 

link  for Colorado

link  " EPA gave a Chevron refinery approval to make a fuel that could leave people nearby with a 1-in-4 lifetime risk of cancer"  This would occur in a community already poisoned by many other industrial facilities.   "“So-called ‘chemical recycling’ has been touted by companies like Chevron as a way to reduce plastic waste through repurposing it but turning plastic waste into fuel increases greenhouse gas emissions, subsidizes the petrochemical industry, and harms frontline communities located near these facilities.”"

Link  This could cut off nutrientupwelling, warm the ocean, quicken the ice sheet melting, and cut off the ocean's ability to absorb CO2.

Grist list of eco-climate monkeywrench books

I liked Ministry of the Future,  the Overstory, and Hummingbird Salamander.  I also like  Paolo Bacigalupi's books- they are bit dark and violent, but unpleasantly accurate in their predictions of the future.