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Goodbye, National Parks
Trump is decimating environmental protection for every natural area. Oceans, plains, mountains, forests. Indiscriminate oil and gas...
Karen Kirtland
Mar 31 min read
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Earth Day - And Beyond
April 22 is coming in a week. There are events, new items, and other information on how to celebrate, how to help, things individuals,...
Karen Kirtland
Apr 14, 20231 min read
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EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vs. Trump
In his role as former President, Donald Trump did his best to overturn years of regulations in an effort to roll back the clock. Among...
Karen Kirtland
Jan 20, 20231 min read
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Ukraine's Environment
Nearly all of us has watched with increasing dismay of the destruction of buildings, schools, hospitals, by Russian weapons. It is an...
Karen Kirtland
Mar 16, 20221 min read
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Blistering Summer, Hot Winter?
For what feels like the first time in a very long time, the heat in the U.S Southwest seems to be returning to what is considered normal....
Karen Kirtland
Sep 14, 20211 min read
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Water, Water Everywhere?
I recently received a response back from someone regarding my LinkedIn comment about how Marc Reisner opined in his book Cadillac Desert...
Karen Kirtland
Aug 6, 20211 min read
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Finally, Something Good
I would like to recommend a site for good news. Future Crunch https://futurecrun.ch/ describes themselves as follows: "We are a team of...
Karen Kirtland
Sep 18, 20201 min read
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COVID and TIGERS
You think staying home because of the coronavirus is hard? In any scenario, confinement because of this disease is temporary. The same...
Karen Kirtland
Jul 29, 20201 min read
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Locked in? Look out.
You all know the drill. Mask, avoid, stay in, clean. Boring, isn't it? Tiresome, dull, annoying. Stop looking in at your world and try...
Karen Kirtland
Jul 3, 20201 min read
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Plastic Snow
We are living in garbage. It is everywhere now, and no one is immune from the damage.
Karen Kirtland
Aug 14, 20191 min read
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Plastic Memes
Throwing away plastic is like sending a meme. It never stops.
Karen Kirtland
Jun 26, 20192 min read
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Passing On
The ... destruction of thousands of existing and future poppy flowers. What a sad state of affairs for the state wildflower.
Karen Kirtland
Apr 12, 20191 min read
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Science and Science Fiction
The first question the professor asked us was, "Did any of you review the author's credentials?"
Karen Kirtland
Mar 6, 20191 min read
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Weather and Climate
Weather creates slippery roads and burning sands. Climate creates ice ages and deserts.
Karen Kirtland
Feb 21, 20191 min read
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Rain, rain, don't go away!
Give me the cold, wet days of winter so that I can worship the spring!
Karen Kirtland
Jan 29, 20191 min read
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Email update
I finally have my own company email. I will still be using the old Earthlink one along with the new one for six months, but after that...
Karen Kirtland
Jan 11, 20191 min read
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New Year, New Creation
Well, fairly new. I created my website in October 2018, and today I am writing the first blog. Since this is all very new to me, I'll...
Karen Kirtland
Jan 3, 20191 min read
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