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Umbra on the impacts of biking
Dear Umbra, A couple of your recent columns have been about this novel idea of biking as the end-all in green transportation, but how green is biking, especially when you […]
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Friday music blogging: My Morning Jacket
The first few albums from My Morning Jacket were haunting, twangy gems that sprang from their Kentucky roots. The Tennessee Fire and At Dawn were so reverby and echo-laden they […]
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Snippets from the news
• Canada launches its first emissions-trading market. • Hybrid drivers worry about replacing the battery. • Nano-towel can soak up oil spills. • World Bank stepping up efforts to address […]
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E.U. will cut fishing quotas
The European Commission will make deep cuts in fishing quotas in 2009, it announced Friday. Eighty-eight percent of E.U. fish stocks are overexploited, the commission says, as compared to 80 […]
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Ocean seeding banned at U.N. biodiversity conference
A 12-day United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity ended Friday with just a wee bit of progress toward salvaging the world’s rapidly disappearing flora and fauna. Perhaps most encouraging: The […]
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Snippets from the news
• Critics bemoan diminished role of science in U.S. policy. • Ecosystem damage costs us trillions each year. • Solar plane takes off. • Railroads play up their green image. […]
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Childhood lead exposure linked to criminal behavior, and more
Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: For on the Floor Beyond the Palin Pb & Jail Now Taking Reservations Read the articles mentioned at the end […]
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Snippets from the news
• E.U. releases eco-driving tips as protests over fuel costs rumble. • States sue EPA over ozone rules. • Massachusetts creates offshore management plan. • Obama and Clinton talk guns, […]
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Umbra on biking in a skirt
Dear Umbra, I was really energized by your column on cargo bicycles. I still own a car, but I drive it less and less, mostly to haul stuff and to […]
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Childhood lead exposure linked to criminal behavior, violence
Childhood exposure to high lead levels leads to smaller brain mass and is linked to criminal behavior and violence, according to two new comprehensive studies. Researchers tracked kids from Cincinnati, […]
