Follow up: Oregon’s wild fires very subdued in 2023
By the numbers, the 2023 wildfire season in Oregon was a quiet one — with the smallest number of acres burned since 2019 and well below average for the past…
Climate, Environment: Need to ban tires
Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires – Yale E360
Environment: Ocean plastics may be much less than previously estimated
Plastic particles in the oceans might be 3.2 million tons, considerably less than the 50 to 300 million of other estimates.
Environment: Modern fire management practices said ineffective
Instead, methods from indigenous groups in Australia might be more effective: Indigenous groups say they have a better way to fight wildfires – oregonlive.com In Australia, they do frequent, smaller,…
EVs: Too few charging stations across much of the U.S.
While coastal states are well along in EV charging infrastructure, much of the middle of the country has very few yet.
Food, climate: Americans lose interest in vegetarianism
Interest was never high, surprisingly: https://read.chartr.co/newsletters/2023/9/3/vegging-out 84% of those who were eating vegetarian eventually give up and return to eating meat. The above does not bode well for Beyond Meat…
Environment, Smart phones: Fairphone 5 is a sustainable phone
Fairphone offers a repairable, sustainable, long term usage high end smart phone.
Climate, Follow up: “Hurricane Idalia wasn’t as bad as feared.”
This would be good news? Hurricane Idalia wasn’t as bad as feared (Washington Post) This was the first time in history that a hurricane has struck Florida, proving the “impact…
Climate: “Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into Stratosphere | NASA”
Several studies, plus NASA, suggest Hunga-Tonga's eruption might have warmed the earth (together with other factors).
EVs: Consumer Reports says EVs do not meet range expectations, especially in cooler weather
EV range in cold weather is a problem for those of us who live in 4-season climates.