2 results for tag: Environmental Pollution
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 change focuses on what individuals can do, such as driving hybrid cars and shopping ...
PROTECTING WISCONSIN’S WATER
An editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel April 7, 2015 states:
"Once again, Gov. Scott Walker's budget is taking Wisconsin in the wrong direction. Instead of spending more to curb runoff pollution, the 2015-'17 budget actually cuts programs that address the problem. That not only weakens protections for the state's waterways, it undercuts administration officials who say they're committed to reducing runoff pollution."
The governor's budget cuts $5.7 million from programs needed to address runoff problems. The cuts would reduce funding and staff at the county and state levels, diminish the university's outreach, and cut funding to ...