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Happy Earth Day 55: Perpetual Sustainability Book

ByPiAdmin

April 22, 2025 marks the 55th Earth Day. That’s 55 years since millions first took to the streets in 1970 to demand a cleaner, more just, and more sustainable future. But this year, we don’t just mark the day—we recommit to the journey. From Sustainability to Regeneration Sustainability was the starting point. But sustaining broken systems is no longer enough. We need to regenerate—our ecosystems, our communities, and our approach to progress. That’s the heart…

Oil & Gas Spills in North America Since 2010
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Oil & Gas Spills in North America Since 2010

BySustainMe

A question I sometimes ask of people who think that fossil fuels are here forever more and that electrification of everything will never happen…  Has there ever been an oil spill in Yellowstone National Park? If so, how many? The answer I get surprisingly often is “none”. It is, after all, a National Park, right?  ArcGIS does a map overlay with the data of your choice. In this case the data is documented oil and…

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Earth Day 2022 Who Killed the Electric Car?

BySustainMe

 Earth Day 2022 (April 22, ’22) Who Killed the Electric Car? The statistics and the forecasts for Global Warming and Climate Change are increasingly dire. The decision – and it is a decision – to do business as usual (buy big gas guzzlers) is becoming increasingly costly to the world. And the window to avoid the worst warming scenarios is closing. The CO2 and methane that we have been pumping into the atmosphere will persist for…

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On the VERGE of Sustainability

BySustainMe

 VERGE 20 is on this week (starting October 26 2020). GreenBiz sponsor and coordinate this massive event. Anybody and any company that’s got anything to do with sustainability is here. Well, not exactly here since it is virtual this year… But you get the idea. Opening session was a wonderful start of the week. Even the singing was impressive. Really!  I said, “Oh, NO!”, when Shana Rappaport started in with a variation of Girl on Fire (Alycia Keyes). Hard…

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Earth Day 2020, 50 years of Hind sight

BySustainMe

It is the 50th Earth Day and the world is generally locked down while we deal with the Coronavirus pandemic — and how best to ramp back up the world economy. 50th Earth Day. April 22 2020 The pandemic is a serious and sobering aspect to the fun and excitement to an otherwise interesting and informative day of rallies, speeches waterway cleanups and more… Worldwide we are going on 3M positive COVID19 cases and nearing…

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Amazon? Lungs of the world? Sinking feeling?

BySustainMe

I got into this debate, related to Global Warming, on the “Amazon is sometimes referred to as the Lungs of the world.” Here’s a very readable discussion in Newsweek on how much oxygen comes from the Amazon: https://www.newsweek.com/how-much-oxygen-amazon-rain-forest-1456274 Much like Global Freezing, I don’t know that I have ever heard/seen an actual scientist say this, but the Lungs of the World is still a pretty well circulated myth. Some times it says 20% of the oxygen…