Talking Points:Climate Change Embroidery

08/17/2023

Yay, Fergus Falls!

After years of planning and design, one of Minnesota's largest solar farms is now up and running in Fergus Falls.

03/01/2023

Climate change will put more Americans in hurricanes’ path

02/19/2023

The study’s authors warn a "doom loop" will make avoiding the worst effects of planetary heating increasingly difficult.

10/13/2022

BBC radio today saying that scientists of the World Wildlife Fund reporting that wild life populations across the world have dropped over 70% in the past 50 years due to human activity.

10/10/2022

Governments may say they’re doing all they can to halt the climate crisis. Don’t fall for it – then we might still have time to turn things around

10/06/2022

Construction continues with installation of the first row of panels at Hoot Lake Solar!

We’ll continue solar module installation throughout the winter and expect to begin generating electricity at the site in 2023. Learn more about the project at www.otpco.com/HootLakeSolar.

10/01/2022

Dan Rather has an online column titled "Steady". This is a link to one of his recent posts.

We are well past due

09/29/2022

See you there!

Cards and posters ready for the reception in Morris tonight, 6 to 8! See you there!

09/25/2022

See the show in person at PRCA in Morris, MN through October 22. Reception on Thursday, September 29th from 6 to 8 pm.

09/25/2022

This information was on PBS News Weekend, 9/24/22, source: World Bank Data.

"The oil and gas industry has made $2.8 billion a day in pure profit for the last 50 years."

09/24/2022

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring: This month marks the 60th anniversary of the publishing of the book, Silent Spring, which sounded the alarm about society’s indiscriminate use of chemicals and made the science accessible to regular readers. “Silent Spring was originally released at a time when chemistry was just the top shelf in the economy. I mean, you had major companies —DuPont, Dow and others — making huge profits on these new substances,” said Jack Doyle, a mostly retired research analyst and author who writes about contemporary history and pop culture. But he said, it was also a time when science was trusted to create these “wonder products,” and there was no government agency to challenge their use and safety. “It was — use first, ask questions later,” Doyle said. “And the genie was out of the bottle. We’re still playing catch-up today.”

READ: https://www.alleghenyfront.org/rachel-carson-silent-spring-turns-60-why-it-still-resonates/

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