Climate Change & Environment
Eminent Enbridge Domain
Eminent Enbridge Domain
by James Botsford
Enbridge Pipeline Corporation is a multi-national corporation based in Canada. In the early days of the feeding frenzy created by the discovery of frackable oil in the Bakken oil fields of Western North Dakota, Enbridge moved in.
They put on nice suits and went to visit with the kind and apparently trusting state government officials. I suppose they said they were world-wide experts in such matters and knew how to help North Dakota plan for the most efficient and expeditious way of capitalizing on this oil boom.
That ...
STOP HOG FACTORY FARM NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR
STOP HOG FACTORY FARM NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR
By Virginia Kirsch
Badgerwood LLC wants to build and operate a 26,000 hog factory-farm in Eileen Township of Bayfield County. Badgerwood LLC is from the Reicks View Farms in Iowa. Why choose such an ecologically delicate area close to Lake Superior?
Perhaps the plan includes exporting animals from the Great Lakes by rail to British Columbia and then by ship to China. This long journey sounds like cruel treatment!
The proposed hog factory farm is 8 miles from Lake Superior. The proposed factory farm is in the Fish Creek ...
WIND POWER
WIND POWER
By Jeanne Larson
Science Alert reports that on a particularly windy July 2015 day Denmark's wind farms produced between 116 and 140% of the nation's electricity requirements, and they weren't even operating at full capacity. Germany and Norway took 80% of the excess, storing the surplus in hydropower systems for later use, and Sweden took the rest.
Oliver Joy from the European Wind Energy Association said this shows that a world powered 100% by renewable energy is no fantasy.
Denmark cannot rely on wind energy to ...
So Enbridge Sued Us
SO ENBRIDGE SUED US
By James Botsford
(Editor’s Note: James and Krista Botsford of Wausau, Wisconsin are being sued by Enbridge, a multi-national oil pipeline corporation based in Canada, over land in North Dakota that the Botsfords own.)
One day around dinner time the phone rang and it was someone from a multi-national oil pipeline corporation telling me they wanted to run a 24-inch pipeline across our farmland capable of transporting 300,000 barrels of oil a day in order to get it to a seaport so it could be sold on the world market.
I told them my wife and I ...
Shrink the Pentagon’s Massive Contribution to Climate Change
Shrink the Pentagon's Massive Contribution to Climate Change
by Lenore Hitchler
(This article was first published in The Capital Times)
Roads melting from a heatwave in India. Droughts. Floods in Bangladesh. Many scientists believe the dramatic increase in extreme weather is a result of global climate change. Pope Francis is particularly concerned about the ethics of not stopping global warming, as he discusses in his encyclical.
A lot of talk about the causes of climate change emphasizes the contributions of individuals to the problem. The solutions to climate ...
Home…A Good Movie To Watch
HOME…..A GOOD MOVIE TO WATCH
World renowned photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, released HOME on World Environment Day, June 5, 2009.
The film was shot in 54 countries and 120 locations over 217 days. HOME is almost entirely composed of aerial footage showing how everything on earth is interconnected.
Though the visually stunning images inspire a sense of awe, wonder, and appreciation for our home planet, this film was produced to awaken a collective conscience and responsibility.
HOME poses the prospect that unless we take responsible action to protect the ...
COME TO THE 4TH ANNUAL LAKE MONONA WATER WALK
COME TO THE 4TH ANNUAL LAKE MONONA WATER WALK
JULY 10 – 12, 2015
Friday July 10 – Evening with Bill Miller (Mohican). Overnight camping.
Saturday July 11 – Pow Wow, Elders Teaching Lodge, Inipi and Moon Lodge
Ceremonies at Frostwoods Beach, Monona. Camp Overnight.
Sunday July 12 – Pipe Ceremony, All Traditions Water Blessing, Drums Circle the Lake, Water Walk, Feast, Camp overnight.
Monday July 13 – Clean up grounds. Leave no trace. Share the vision of What’s Next.
“It is said that when the water turns to poison and you can no longer eat the fish, A ...
HELP RENEW THE EARTH – MIDWEST ENERGY FAIR
HELP RENEW THE EARTH by Middle Wisconsin Editorial Staff
Here’s is your chance to help renew the earth. Attend the 26th Annual Energy Fair 2015 June 19-21, Friday – Sunday in Custer, Wisconsin.
You can learn about renewable energy as well as network with people already living a sustainable lifestyle.
Over 15,000 people will attend this grand event in beautiful central Wisconsin. They come from all walks of life and have one thing in common: love and concern for renewing our earth.
Buses will come from Madison and Milwaukee. A shuttle bus runs every 15 ...
Citizen Input Provides Important Details of Conservation Budget Cuts
Citizen Input Provides Important Details of Conservation Budget Cuts
By State Senator Kathleen Vinehout
"Why is it I keep hearing more about what’s in the governor’s budget?” the woman asked me. “Don’t you see it all at once and then decide what to do?”It can be difficult for legislators to know the full effect of cuts without the critical input of citizens.For example, news of cuts to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) made its way to western Wisconsin. Constituents communicated back to me the effect of these cuts. Through emails, phone calls ...
ON THE BOOKSHELF…..SEVENTH GENERATION EARTH ETHICS (NATIVE VOICES OF WISCONSIN)
ON THE BOOKSHELF…..SEVENTH GENERATION EARTH ETHICS
(NATIVE VOICES OF WISCONSIN) by Patty Loew
Foreword by Winona LaDuke
Patty Loew, PhD. Is an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and a recipient of the Outstanding Service Award of the Great Lakes Intertribal Council.
She is a professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and affiliated faculty with the American Indian Studies Program.
She is the author of the bestseller Indian Nations of Wisconsin.
For twenty years she hosted ...
