Happy Earth Day to you
Observations from the EdgeRobert T. NanningaBuzz PublicationsApril 11, 2007
Thirty seven years ago, April 22nd 1970, Earth Day was born. Happy Earth Day everyone! Conceived as an environmental teach in, 20 million people participated in the first event. Schools, colleges and Universities and community groups across the United States participated in putting environmental reform on the political map.
A lot has happened since then. Namely the Clean Air Act, The Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. The 70’s was a good decade for environmentalism. People, in ever growing numbers were beginning to talk about “Protecting the Earth? and “Saving the Whale.? Politicians listened, and progress was made.
To Ski Or Not To Ski? That Is The Question (via Cobweb/3.1 Planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)
“To Ski or Not to Ski?” That is the Question
By Bob Carter
Climate change is reducing the snowfall in many previously snow-safe resorts, and scientists have found that rising temperatures are already leading to changes in snowfall patterns. “Alpine areas below 1,600m are now receiving 20 per cent less snow,” says Birgit Ottmer from the Davos-based Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research.
But interview a cross-section of downhill skiers on the slopes this year and ask them what they like about skiing, and many are likely to mention something about their love of the outdoors and the beauty of the scenery. Therein lies the rub. The truth is, downhill skiing can have an enormously destructive effect on the fragile mountain environment: