Tag Archives: EPA

A stat that should make us elite New Yorkers even snottier

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Naomi

Especially today, in the face of the SCOTUS decision hampering the EPA, look at this from the July 2022 Harper’s Index: Percentage by which the carbon footprint of a New Yorker is lower than that of the average American: 68

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(Lordy), there are MORE tapes: oil & gas exec meeting

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Naomi

Have a look at this New York Times article –especially if you care about climate change and have had big suspicions that the fossil fuel industry doesn’t give a fuck about it. You’re right. Here’s the headline: “A Secret Recording … Continue reading →

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World-wide collateral effects of COVID-19?

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: The police charged a Massachusetts man with assault for throwing an object “later determined to be a large pickle” at a Vermont highway worker. British rail workers mistook a naked man sunbathing on train tracks for … Continue reading →

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