Tag: environment
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Stream and Shale
(Excerpt from my book, Stream and Shale.) 6AM. At the journey’s beginning, stars still shine brightly in the dark blue sky. It’s below freezing. We gather on a Brooklyn street corner and wait for the bus going to a Citizens Tour of Pennsylvania arranged by Brooklyn for Peace. Each person carries a few gallons of…
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Zika: The STD We Aren’t Thinking About Yet
Mosquitoes carrying Zika haven’t reached the U.S., but we do have 819 Zika-infected people here who could pass the virus on to others through sex.
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December’s Spring
With a 72 degree Christmas Eve, New York City is not the only place feeling the heat of climate change.