I tried to get through it, I really did. But I stopped at page 62. This morning I sat down with the A State of Knowledge Report from the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The Knowledge Report was recently put out by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (now the...
Please somebody, defend Al Gore for me. What is it that you think he is trying to accomplish with his rhetoric? “We must face up to this urgent and unprecedented threat to the existence of our civilization,” And: “This is the most serious challenge...
Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Materials Recovery, Combustion with Energy Recovery, and Discards in the United States: 1980 to 2006 (In millions of tons, except as indicated). Even though the United States is producing more waste, in total and per capita, because...
Selected National Air Pollutant Emissions: 1970 to 2005 (In thousands of tons, except as indicated.) The amount of various pollutants emitted into the air has fallen significantly between 1970 and 2005. Pollutant 1970 (unless indicated) 2005 PM-10 12,184 2,258 PM-10,...
With air pollution, averages don’t tell us a whole lot. We need to look at specific locations to see if air quality is really improving. Let’s examine Chicago (Cook County). As the center of a big ‘ol historical industrial area, you’d expect...
