Ring of Fire
If you are a science nerd, here is some consolation for RI being so far from the path of today’s annular solar eclipse. PC World has maps, charts, graphs and live coverage, you can see it online here.
Cranston Community Garden — Week One for Our Little Patch!
Our garden started out looking kind of small and scruffy, but after a week’s time, there was significant growth. We planted cucumbers, lettuce, spring mix, spinach, and tomatoes. We bought all our starter plants at the Pawtuxet Village Farmer’s Market, so this is a very local experiment in community gardening. I hope our plants thrive, [...]
The Human Factor
Is it possible that smart people might mess up their priorities? This is a reminder that a nuclear power plant will require skilled labor basically forever, or until the radioactive fuel is trucked off to a safe place– wherever that turns out to be. From The Boston Herald… With its current operating license just weeks [...]
No Immediate Threat
Just by comparison, there’s no immediate threat in cigarettes, asbestos, lead paint and small doses of arsenic or mercury. From the Japan Times… Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Cesium spikes in Tokyo Bay samples Contamination linked to Fukushima plant; no immediate threat to health By JUN HONGO Staff writer Sludge samples taken at the mouths of [...]
Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market Opens Tomorrow
From Steve Stycos: PAWTUXET VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET OPENS SATURDAY The Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market opens Saturday May 12 for its year with the addition of a coffee vendor, a fisherman and a new bakery. In addition, returning farmers will have a variety of salad greens and spinach, plus plants. Our newest vendor is LeFavorite Bakery, [...]
Nuclear Offline in Japan
As the US makes plans to build more nuclear power plants, Japan has found none of its existing nuclear facilities safe enough to operate.Public trust is lost… (Photo courtesy of The New Age.) By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) – Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of [...]
Steve Stycos Creates Plan to Improve Cranston’s Open Space – Cranston Herald
I spent a few hours this past Saturday helping Steve Stycos and a bunch of other people plant trees in Meshanticut Park in Cranston. It was great to experience again how good it feels to do something that makes the outdoors better for everyone. The article below describes in detail Councilman Steve Stycos’s plans to [...]
Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach – Institute of Medicine
I have been looking for new research on this, and here it is….Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach – Institute of Medicine.
Letter to Treasurer Raimondo
A group of civil rights and advocacy organizations in Rhode Island is calling Treasurer Raimondo’s attention to some of the extreme political positions taken by The Manhattan Institute and demanding that she return the award she recently received: January 11, 2011 Hon. Gina Raimondo, General Treasurer State House, Room 102 Providence, RI 02903 Dear Treasurer [...]
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