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[[Foundational-Resource Extraction]] | |||
[[Effects-Resource Extraction]] | |||
[[Solutions-Resource Extraction]] | |||
===== High rises made out of wood? What matters in whether ‘mass timber’ buildings are sustainable ===== | |||
[https://theconversation.com/high-rises-made-out-of-wood-what-matters-in-whether-mass-timber-buildings-are-sustainable-240416?utm_content=buffer182c7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=buffer by Brent Sohngen 12/11/24 The Conversation] | |||
Companies behind these “mass timber” projects say that wood is a lower-carbon alternative to steel or concrete and brings other benefits, such as faster construction time and lower cost than concrete and steel. Advocates say the wood materials, made of compressed layers of wood with glue, offer good fire safety as well. | |||
===== How to harvest water from clouds of fog ===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/06/1203891520/drought-climate-change-fog-harvesting by Kat Lonsdorf, Claire Harbage npr] | |||
LAARE, Kenya – Jacob Murungi and his wife don't sleep much. Instead, they spend their nights in the local forest high in the mountains of central Kenya collecting water — from the trees. | |||
===== Scientists find DNA proof of swine feces in North Carolina homes ===== | |||
[https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/06/07/scientists-find-dna-proof-of-swine-feces-in-north-carolina-homes/ by Daily Yonder 7/6/25 NC Health News] | |||
In Duplin County, North Carolina, there is a pollutant that hangs in the air, the water and the soil. It tumbles in the breeze and into homes through open windows, settling as a thin film of dust on their kitchen tables. It gloops together in masses of sludge in the surface water that feeds their creeks and streams. The fresh, nostalgic smell of seawater along the county coast has dissipated, replaced by a permanent foul smell from nearby swine factory farms, similar to that of a decomposing body, residents say. Policymakers have long ignored their complaints but new research from Johns Hopkins University publishing soon could finally show scientific evidence of pollution that officials can’t ignore. | |||
===== It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet ===== | ===== It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet ===== | ||
