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Category: The environment

Small War in Middle East; Climate Tipping Point Has Begun

By Phil Mayes Posted on October 15, 2023 Posted in Society, The environment
Small War in Middle East; Climate Tipping Point Has Begun

I’m not minimizing the horror of what is happening in Israel, and I assign blame to both sides, whether the split is 90/10 or 60/40. But look at the above chart of global temperature deviations since 1850 from the NY Times …

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The Environmental Impact of Food

By Phil Mayes Posted on October 16, 2016 Posted in The environment

One of the reasons I reverted to vegetarianism was the environmental impact of meat, so I was taken aback to read that cheese is the 3rd-highest in terms of CO2 production, ahead of pork, salmon, turkey and chicken. Detailed figures are …

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Our Dying World

By Phil Mayes Posted on December 14, 2012 Posted in Society, The environment

I look at the jet trails contaminating the sky, and I weep for the planet. I hurt. I ache. It is painful. I became exhausted and blocked it off for years, but I can no longer suppress my grief. I …

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Changing Course

By Phil Mayes Posted on October 31, 2012 Posted in The environment Tagged with Sandy

It’s 2012, and and we are destroying the earth. I have watched for 40 years, since the Club of Rome Report. I have watched America cover its eyes and drag its feet. I have seen the future lose its claim …

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