Discourse for all interested in all things air-quality related
The focus of this post being air-quality awareness at work on the job, I reflect on my own work history. As a writer, in soliciting comment from those whom I interviewed for purposes of inserting such comment in the body of the written work I would submit to the publishers I was contracted with to … Read more
I have probably read a hundred different articles dealing with biogas or biofuel production and use. I have even written on this myself. But, it wasn’t until I read an article in The Orange County Register just this morning on the matter and it was from this that an idea popped into my head. This … Read more
As I sit here composing, I am thinking back to about this time last year when I did likewise, and the year before that – trying to organize my thoughts in terms of what to compose. The plan, when all is said (actually, written) and done, is to put forth a highly thoughtful and motivating message … Read more
All of this talk about how California (an agricultural implements and transportation innovations leader) and of the actions to lower harmful emissions through such programs as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Renewable Portfolio Standard, Cap-and-Trade and others, as well as via direct legislative effort – all of which are exemplary in terms of reining in … Read more
California’s San Joaquin Valley is roughly 24,000 square miles in area. It is hemmed in by mountains on three sides and created is a perfect storm for air pollutants to collect and build. And, here, that pollution will stay until air-cleansing winds and/or rain blow and/or wash it away. Weather does not by itself create … Read more
Cooling It! No Hair Shirt Solutions to Global Warming, by Gar. W. Lipow is a roadmap showing us the way to become a more energy efficient nation and how relying on renewables-production processes like sun, wind, wave and tide (as opposed to dependence on fossil fuels) can not only help pave the way toward greater … Read more
While others have their definitions, I have my own ideas of what constitutes automobility. What automobility means to me is anything that provides mobility, motion initiated by some external or internal means of power or force, inertia, of course, being overcome. Such a broad definition, I know. There are many, many methods to make automobility … Read more
This is the 21st century, is it not? The reason behind my asking is because in this day and age, one would think outdoor burning of yard clippings and trimmings would be outlawed, especially in California, a state with some of the most stringent air-quality regulations anywhere. Well, in the Santa Ynez Valley in Santa … Read more
Trash, unglamorous a topic as any around, the matter, and matter trash is obviously, needs to be dealt with. Challenging is finding viable and eco-friendly ways of its disposing of. Some of the more attention-grabbing stories I remember once watching a documentary called “Trashed.” In one part, the conversation turns to trash (solid waste) shipped … Read more
America’s population in late 2006 was 300 million people. Eight years later in late 2014, U.S. population has grown by 19 million more. Nothing too out of the ordinary as far as that goes. What may, on the other hand, surprise you is Florida. Once trailing New York (what had been the nation’s third most populated state), the Sunshine State is now itself in … Read more