by Bill Schlesinger About 15 years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency instituted the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for cars to reduce our nation’s emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere…
by Bill Schlesinger In recent months, there has been a lot of attention devoted to methane emission as a contribution to the gases in the atmosphere that cause global warming. …
by Bill Schlesinger Wood-pellet producer, Enviva, recently announced that it would double its harvest of forest biomass in the Southeast as a contribution to reducing the impact of climate change. …
by Bill Schlesinger Legacy pollution occurs when emissions of a pollutant from long ago persist in the environment and return to impact us at a later time. About 8 months…
by Bill Schlesinger Many folks feel good when they take waste materials to their local recycling center. What they may not realize is that what they deliver—paper, cardboard, glass, plastic…
by Bill Schlesinger In preindustrial times, human excrement was recognized as a fertilizer; it was gathered up and delivered to farm fields by the “Honey Wagon.” That was closed-loop nutrient…
by Bill Schlesinger Out In ___________________________________________________________ Okefenokee Swamp White Paint Non-stick pans …
NOAA forecasts average-sized 'dead zone by Bill Schlesinger I found a glimmer of good news last month amongst the scientific literature that I follow regularly. Jien Zhang and his colleagues…
Okefenokee Swamp by Bill Schlesinger In the South of Georgia, the land of Pogo, lies Okefenokee Swamp, its waters held back from drainage to the sea by the presence of…