But why is it “bizarre” to take into consideration how groundwater moves over time? What’s bizarre is to allow any pollution of our groundwater at all by a big, industrial source.
Tag: environment
Rumple Oxbridge: “The Death of Old King Coal”
By Rumple Oxbridge , imaginary rhymer-in-residence at The Pacific Old King Coal was a polluted old soul And a sick old soul was he. He called for his pick, and he called for his shovel And he […]
Cartoon: “Mountaintop Decapitation” by Khalil Bendib
(Khalil Bendib is OtherWords’ cartoonist. OtherWords.org ) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/
“Wisconsin is Open for Business” Lobbyists or Welcome to North Texas
(Photo by By Jonathan McIntosh [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons) By John Kaufman We in Wisconsin owe a great debt of gratitude to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency without which we would likely be […]
Feeding the Birds: a poem
Feeding the Birds By John Kaufman for W.S. Merwin Here in the city we try to remember the birds, offering seed to nourish nothing but flight and song. We have sown plants and trees to […]
Special Morning Confusion: U.S. Fails to Support Carbon Pricing at U.N. Climate Summit
At Tuesday’s U.N. Climate summit, President Obama spoke of the United States and China, as the world’s two “biggest emitters” of carbon dioxide, as nations that “have to lead” the world on climate change action. […]
More Than 300,000 March for Action on Climate Change in NY
Using crowd spotters and a mathematician, organizers of the People’s Climate March estimate that about 311,000 people marched yesterday through the streets of Manhattan for action on climate change. Hopefully this show of public concern […]
News from the People’s Climate March, New York City
People’s Climate March coverage via Politico. People’s Climate March website.
Celebrating World Shorebirds Day
As someone who likes to saunter and sit along shores, I was pleased to learn via Oceana that tomorrow, Sept. 6th, has been declared World Shorebirds Day, a celebration which includes a global shorebird count. The […]
Let Them Eat Golf in Wisconsin
[So much for my summer blogging silence. But these days errant opinion (that of others, not my own) seldom takes a vacation.] What’s the strategy for improving both the environment and economy of Wisconsin? […]
Silent for the Summer
Posts on The Afternoon Journal will resume in September with a more national, diverse perspective. In the meantime, please see the list of the most recent posts and comments (as well as archived content) in the […]
Sharing Some Intellectual Property
Sometimes property can get too intellectual, if you know what I mean. According to Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, one of the state’s rising industries is something called “agricultural tourism.” Says Kleefisch, “Visitors from all over the […]
Friends of the Black River Forest Oppose Another Golf Course on the Lake Michigan Shore
A newly formed group of Wilson, WI residents called Friends of the Black River Forest has issued a press release on its website. The group is opposed to the proposed Kohler golf course on forested property the […]
