Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Earthquake and disaster links...
...following upon the Japan quake/Tsunami event. This information seems solid. This link is to All Things Nuclear, and is under the shell of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The next link I find valuable is from the blog Disaster Wise, "Comments about technological history, system fractures, and human resilience from James R. Chiles." He seems to take this seriously and responsibly.
The best ongoing coverage seems to be at CNN. On this incident, Fox News seems to be shouting a little too much, and they have at least one producer who is off the reservation. Repeatedly yesterday they led into or ended segments on the nuclear-plant crisis by showing film footage from the burning refinery. Not kosher at all.
I'll say that insomnia sometimes pays: I woke up around 3:00 on Friday morning, unable to sleep. My custom is to turn on the Coast-to-Coast program on local news radio. Already people were calling George Noury with seismic reports about an incident off Japan, and the network news coverage began right after.
The next link I find valuable is from the blog Disaster Wise, "Comments about technological history, system fractures, and human resilience from James R. Chiles." He seems to take this seriously and responsibly.
The best ongoing coverage seems to be at CNN. On this incident, Fox News seems to be shouting a little too much, and they have at least one producer who is off the reservation. Repeatedly yesterday they led into or ended segments on the nuclear-plant crisis by showing film footage from the burning refinery. Not kosher at all.
I'll say that insomnia sometimes pays: I woke up around 3:00 on Friday morning, unable to sleep. My custom is to turn on the Coast-to-Coast program on local news radio. Already people were calling George Noury with seismic reports about an incident off Japan, and the network news coverage began right after.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Blizzard time!
The New England blizzard of December 26-27, 2010, in time lapse, from the streets of Boston:
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Class #14, 11/29/10
**Roster, etc.
**Projects due this evening.
**Return previous work.
**Discussion of readings:
----->Kirkpatrick Sale: "Progress".
----->Erazim Kohak: "Agathocentric Ecology".
**More on this issue: Where are we going from here?
**Concluding discussion and points.
**Proposal for next week (December 6). Reading Day or Exam?
**Projects due this evening.
**Return previous work.
**Discussion of readings:
----->Kirkpatrick Sale: "Progress".
----->Erazim Kohak: "Agathocentric Ecology".
**More on this issue: Where are we going from here?
**Concluding discussion and points.
**Proposal for next week (December 6). Reading Day or Exam?
Monday, November 22, 2010
Class #13, 11/22/10
**Roster, etc.
**Reminder: Your Project is due next Monday, 11/29.
**Due tonight: Chapter 13, "Environmental Justice"-- specifically read pp. 659ff, "The Earth Charter."
**From today's NY Times: An article about China's huge hunger for coal, and the willingness of nations who publicly are environment-friendly to sell it to the Chinese. Is there a double-standard here? Or, are strict environmental standard between nations inherently hypocritical?
**While we're on the subject, let's look at the Three Gorges Dam project. It reached full operational capacity in October, 2008. Videos here.
**Also for next week: Two short philosophical articles on handouts. We'll talk about these next week, and then I'll ask you to do a little in-class writing before we break.
**Reminder: Your Project is due next Monday, 11/29.
**Due tonight: Chapter 13, "Environmental Justice"-- specifically read pp. 659ff, "The Earth Charter."
**From today's NY Times: An article about China's huge hunger for coal, and the willingness of nations who publicly are environment-friendly to sell it to the Chinese. Is there a double-standard here? Or, are strict environmental standard between nations inherently hypocritical?
**While we're on the subject, let's look at the Three Gorges Dam project. It reached full operational capacity in October, 2008. Videos here.
**Also for next week: Two short philosophical articles on handouts. We'll talk about these next week, and then I'll ask you to do a little in-class writing before we break.
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