Make sense of this, if you will. How can one individual of clearly dubious character freeze so many into total submission? I know it is not the first time. And it will not be the last. No tyrant ever goes it alone. But what does it say about human nature?…
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Solar panels do not need fertile soil. They do not need to have their hair cut and they do not bike to class in the morning. There are many other places solar fields can go. Where else is Chestertown supposed to go? There are not many other spaces the rest of Chestertown can grow into. At least not without contributing to what the Greenbelt Master Plan describes as the Eastern Shore’s “auto-oriented suburban sprawl, which threatens to erode its rural…
PREPARE—6 p.m. “NY Citizen Preparedness Training Program.” Families learn to prepare for natural and man-made disasters. Each attending family will receive a preparedness kit. Free; pre-registration required. Fox Care Center, John Remillard Classroom, 1 Foxcare Drive, Oneonta. Visit https://www.dhses.ny.gov/citizen-preparedness-training-calendar…
Shifting utilities to clean energy is integral to working toward a safer climate, but these private, for-profit companies would rather maintain the status quo and keep the public in the dark. Utility companies are charging us more while they get paid off by the fossil fuel industry to block the transition to renewable energy.…
The subject of climate change and the impact of fossil fuels was studied by the IPCC (International Commission on Climate Change) with specific attention given to post-glacial changes that coincide with the “Industrial Revolution.”…
Over the last 2,000 years there has been a Roman Warm Period and a Medieval Warm Period, and both had temperatures warmer than today. As shown in the following figure, over the last 175 years temperatures have been warming up since the end of the Little Ice Age but carbon dioxide emissions have only risen sharply over the last 75 years.…
Who will pay for NY HEAT? The cost of a $672-million bailout for a few of the hundreds of thousands of utility customers currently in arrears will be borne by other utility customers. Every New Yorker will help fund subsidies for industrial solar and wind projects which could gobble up a million acres and yet fail to provide reliable electricity.…
As a regional bird conservation organization, the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society works to engage people in our communities in learning about birds and connecting to nature through our programming.…
From an ecological or agricultural point of view, what is the best use for abandoned or neglected farmland? 1…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Lectures on Climate and Population CLIMATE CHANGE—5:30-7 p.m. “Can New York Combat Climate Change Without Destroying Communities?” Discuss the state’s plan for a carbon free energy grid, and the ecological and financial costs. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-1980 or visit https://www.facebook.com/hmloneonta/ CONSERVATION—7-8:30 p.m. “Be Informed Lecture Series: Is It Me or Are There Less People Here? Explaining Population Decline.” Dr. Alex Thomas discusses the relationship between metropolitan growth, second homeownership and our…