Tag: plants
Connecticut Struggles To Reconcile The High Cost Of Electricity With A Push For Renewables
Connecticut is located in the midst of the nation’s most expensive electric markets. Only Hawai’i and Rhode Island rank higher. The high cost of electricity is prompting Connecticut alawmakers to write legislation to lower those electricity rates. The hitch is that buried in the 80-page bill are decreases in home … [continued]
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Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
By Anna Clark, ProPublica
This story was originally published by ProPublica.
Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet.
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Tony Blair’s New Climate Reset Report Promotes Delay, Not Action
The Tony Blair Institute recently released a controversial and rapidly amplified new report titled “The Climate Paradox,” seeking to redefine the global climate debate by advocating what it positions as a pragmatic, politically viable reset of climate action. At the heart of the report lies a provocative assertion: “Any strategy … [continued]
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Great Lakes Moment: Government downsizing, defunding and deregulating at what environmental cost?
Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.
There is always room to improve program effectiveness and efficiency in government, as well as business, nongovernmental organizations and other institutions.
Youth horticulture club launches season at botanical food gardens
The For Our Youth (FOY) club gathered on April 26 for a chilly but productive meeting at one of our favourite locations — the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG). We saw some familiar faces at the March Break Ripley and District Horticultural Society meeting, but stormy winter weather prevented us from getting together in February, […]