Green Junction Garbage along highways can endanger drivers. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) spent nearly $10 million of its budget to clear garbage from the roads in 2024. The state’s website includes strong statements about the unfortunate use of state funds for trash removal. “ALDOT’s mission is to maintain and improve roads, not trash... Continue Reading →

Green Junction Three times in two months, residents in Indiana’s northwest region were warned about destructive storms and advised to seek shelter. Each storm caused damage, and many described the destruction left behind by the third storm as the worst span of damage anyone could remember. Other areas of the state were inundated with record... Continue Reading →

Green Junction In the United States, most meat comes from livestock raised in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Defined by the EPA as “agricultural operations where animals are kept and raised in confined situations,” the term factory farm is also used to describe the conditions for over 99% of chickens and turkeys, over 98% of... Continue Reading →

Let's start with Cofiwch Dryweryn! In 1955, the City of Liverpool decided it needed more water. Sixty miles away, across a national border, there was a valley in North Wales called Tryweryn, and in it a village called Capel Celyn. Forty-eight people, a dozen farms, a chapel, a school, a post office, a graveyard. One... Continue Reading →

Green Junction One major consequence of climate change is the loss of biodiversity. Other reasons for the decline in natural populations include changes in land use, pollution, and exploitation of natural resources. According to a 2024 report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the average decline of wildlife populations between 1970 and 2020 for 5,495... Continue Reading →

Green Junction The particulate matter (PM2.5) measurements from the Purple Air (purpleair.com) monitor on the front of my house recently reached the 700s, a dangerous level I do not recall seeing in the past four years since the monitor was installed. There was a notable odor outside that accompanied these very high levels. It was... Continue Reading →