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Cell towers, WiFi, microwave ovens, and your health. (opens the original)
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I often go to coffeeshops to write my Substack. Somewhere around the cash register there is always a placard saying something like WiFi: coolbeenz or some such thing.I grab my coffee, punch the password into my computer, and have access to absolutely everything on the internet. I join dozens of others at the cafe searching the net, checking our email, listen to podcasts, and other internet stuff.Subscribe nowI and everybody else with a laptop or cell phone in the cafe act as a transmit
We just can’t quit coal (opens the original)
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The good news is the world is using more renewable energy. In the U.S. policy shifts and economics have driven a move to renewables, doubling output in the U.S. in just the last couple years and now approaching nearly 20 percent of energy production. In 2023, renewable energy comprised 24.5 percent of the European Union’s energy use.The bad news is we just can’t seem to quit coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel. This has ramifications for climate change as well as ot
Water is a limited resource (opens the original)
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A bill signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2023 will soon restrict businesses, government offices, and homeowners’ associations from watering their lawns and other ornamental greenery with potable water. The law will be implemented in phases, starting January 1, 2027. This is an important law, one that will help bring about more responsible water use by us Californians. It’s surprising, however, that a law affecting an enormous number of Southern California businesses and HOAs
Birds: fall migrations begin (opens the original)
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It happened two weeks ago. I came into work and went about some of my usual chores. Half the morning had passed when I finally noticed that I hadn’t seen or heard the cliff swallows. The next day, I was certain: no swallows. I didn’t hear them either. Their nests were empty. They had left on their migration to Central and South America. I’m always happy to see them in the spring. They arrive at the little island where I work usually around Saint Patrick’s Day. I understand the migration is a nat
Noise pollution affects human health and the environment (opens the original)
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When I was eight years old, my family and I moved from our little house, which was situated about two or three blocks from a graphite factory, to the family farm. Geographically, we only moved about a mile away, but it was a totally different world. Instead of cinders and soot, there were cows and hay. The first night in my new bed, the window raised to let in the cool evening breeze, I heard crickets and nothing else. It was weird. I heard no churning of large machinery, no big furnaces blastin
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