Monthly Archives: August 2023

The EPA dialed back pollution protections for inland waterways including streams and wetlands in alignment with a Supreme Court decision. NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Ariel Wittenberg of E and E News. Source: The EPA removes federal protections for most … Continue reading →

Community gardens are awesome! And I don’t want to discourage anybody from getting a plot in a community garden!!!!! We need you 😃. I’ve been in half a dozen community gardens over the years and in every single one there … Continue reading →

An incredible success. Source: For The First Time, Pig Kidneys Transplanted Into a Human Provide Life-Sustaining Function Definitely not Absolutely Terminally Stupid. Look up xenographs. Xenografts Man who received landmark pig heart transplant died of pig virus, surgeon says Spread … Continue reading →

The 66- to 72-million-year-old specimen is one of the most complete dinosaur embryos ever found. Source: Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Egg Sorry: just another dinosaur post :-) Spread the Good News Below: Permaculture!    

A new bill is advancing in the California legislature that would criminalize harassment of any school official. The bill’s vague language, critics said, will punish parents for speaking out. Source: Critics warn California bill protecting school officials would punish parents … Continue reading →

An EPA document shows that a new Chevron fuel ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this … Continue reading →