Author of ENGINEERING EDEN & NATURE NOIR. Narrator of "Under Our Skin" (2010 Oscar shortlist), cast member of "Under Our Skin 2" and "Redefining Prosperity"
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2 photos of the arctic both taken in the summer more than 70 years apart show the dramatic change in the continent ice cover.
There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via @ChristianAslund
Among the things that most amaze me about Bill McKibben--who has resolutely covered climate change since the 1980s--is that he hasn't lost his sense of humor.
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We live in a regimented world, but we need to wander. Fruitful wandering fuels productivity in life and work and it allows us to slow down. Read this expert Guide to learn how to wander in a world that values purpose @JordanFSmith bit.ly/3mJvRt9
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Florida Legislature passes a bill allowing individuals to carry concealed loaded weapons without a permit.
Under the bill, people would need to have on them only a valid ID while carrying a concealed weapon. Failure to do so carries a $25 fine. nbcnews.to/3K0rce1
Tech infatuation proposes that everything is better through an LED screen. One thing that isn't is a doctor's physical examination. Here's my reporting about the hidden cost of telehealth. #TELEhealth #medicine
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The pandemic made seeing your doctor online normal. Telehealth companies will connect you with a physician who functions like a rideshare driver--you may never see them again. Here's my investigation of what's wrong with that. openmindmag.org/articles/the… #healthcarenews #medicine
Just talked to my friend Ben Kaufman of the Yonder Mountain String Band (on left, with tongue in his mouth). They just found out they've been nominated for a Grammy. I can think of few more deserving than this hard-working, very entertaining band. @YonderMountain #GrammyAwards
Environmental historian Stephen Pyne is doing such interesting, important work at the pinnacle of a career as chronicler of our fated relationship with combustion--both internal and external. #wildfire #firefighters #forests #NationalParks
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The little recycling symbol on those plastic containers you've been putting in your recycling bins: Only 5 percent of them are recycled. And plastic is oil. Buy bulk goods, glass and cans when you are able.
Of the 51 million tons of plastic waste US households produced in 2021, just 2.4 million tons (5 percent) were recycled, new research shows.
The findings show that plastic recycling is a “myth,” says the analysis by environmental nonprofit @greenpeaceusa. trib.al/hLhzaC5
This, from Chris Baraniuk in Hakai--a magazine of coastal science and societies--is the kind of story I love, of deep time and local peoples' memories of land and waters. #WendellBerry #IndigenousPeoples #GilbertWhite
hakaimagazine.com/news/memor… via @hakaimagazine
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Tomorrow, Seattle stands a decent chance of hitting 80 degrees again.
In 128 years of weather records, we’ve never logged back-to-back 80-degree days in the month of October.
YESTERDAY, a few hours after my story on the Yosemite lawsuit came out, a federal court denied Earth Island Institute's motion for an injunction. The work on fuel breaks to help limit fires and protect giant sequoias can resume, for now. #climate #NPS
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Yosemite's Washburn fire is testing prescribed burns conducted in 2006, 2008, 2016, and 2017 (in photo) for just such a threat to giant Sequoias. Thanks to my friend, retired backcountry ranger and GIS wizard George Durkee for this revealing map gis-cc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/…
West Virginia vs. Environmental Protection Agency could have been known as Coal & Oil Executives vs. The Future of Life on Earth. The winners are the coal and oil industries. The losers, present and future generations and 4 billion years of evolution. #SCOTUS
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BREAKING: UK's @Channel4News obtained a huge data leak from Cambridge Analytica showing Trump’s 2016 campaign used personal data of 200 million voters, listed 3.5 million Black Americans as ‘Deterrence’ and manipulated algorithms to discourage Black votes.
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National Park Service investigators are looking for information related to activities that caused significant resource damage along historic Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park recently. Call or text 888-653-0009 or email [email protected] with tips.
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A medical care system based on profit will not have reserve capacity sitting around waiting... facebook.com/jordan.f.smith.…
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Today on Insight, it's all about bears! You'll hear:
- An episode of TahoeLand
- A @ucdavis doctor using fish skin to bandage burned bears
- Writer @JordanFSmith on "Engineering Eden"
Tune in at 9 am or 7 pm on 90.9 FM or at player.capradio.org/nowPlayi…
Wow. My ENGINEERING EDEN is on @outsidemagazine's list of ten books that changed the outdoor world this decade. I'm so grateful to everyone who helped me research it! #NationalParks #Nature #Wildlife #Bears #wildfires #environment #literature outsideonline.com/2406933/be…
