By Daniel Brouse June 30, 2023 The health impacts of air pollution are both cumulative and irreversible. The more polluted the air, the more severe the effects. The more polluted air you breathe over time, the more severe the effects. That is to say breathing “Moderate” quality air for 3 days might be similar to […]
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Health Impacts of Air Pollution
Carbon Offsets: Planting Trees is Greenwashing
By Daniel Brouse June 28, 2023 This article is in response to “
Corsi-Rosenthal Box: The Best Air Purifier
What is a Corsi-Rosenthal Box and how do you build one? The Corsi-Rosenthal Box is a simple DIY air filter and purifier that outperforms and can be more effective than expensive HEPA purifiers. Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes are made from cardboard, tape, furnace air filters, and a box fan. The Corsi-Rosenthal Box was invented by Richard Corsi, […]
Your National Debt
by Daniel Brouse June 8, 2023 The Economic Monsters: Inflation and Interest Rates I Economic Forecast = Inflation (2018) II Inflation Bites (2022) III U.S. Mass Consumption Results in Global Economic Disparity, Inequity, and Poverty (2023) IV Investment Recommendation: Savings Bonds / I Bonds (2023) Part V: Your National Debt The federal government currently has […]
Climate Change: Stranded on an Island
by Daniel Brouse Climate change brings with it the inevitability of rising sea levels. Even if green house gas emissions were stopped completely, the sea will continue to rise for hundreds or thousands of years. Not only will the submerged properties be affected by the rising tides, so will all the new island properties. Initially, […]
Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting at Accelerated Rate
The Word Economic Forum published the report The Antarctic ice sheet is melting. And this is bad news for humanity. * The Antarctic ice sheet has been strongly decreasing since 2016. * If left unchecked, the complete melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet would cause a global sea level increase of 3.3 metres in […]
Earliest Spring on Record: Climate Change in Real Time
by Daniel Brouse February 24, 2023 Parts of Texas, Arkansas, Ohio, Maryland, and New York are all experiencing the earliest spring conditions on record. The National Phenology Network has published a study on February 21, 2023 that found: Spring leaf out continues to spread north, arriving several days to weeks earlier than average (the period […]
Climate Change and Cigarette Litigation
by Daniel Brouse 2016 and 2023 In 2016, I had said: What will create the change needed? The oil industry is going to be like the tobacco industry. The consumers are going to claim they were misled about the dangers of burning fossil fuels and will file lawsuits against the oil companies. You will not […]
Green Energy Technology Stocks
WARNING: an investor should become familiar with their rights and responsibilities as an owner PRIOR to investing. This is a beginner-intermediate level climate and investor activist portfolio. Stocks are not listed in any particular order. Some of the best performing stocks are not listed because of their questionable environmental impact, business ethics, and country of […]
Managed Retreat: Relocating Due to Climate Change Extreme Weather Events
The Politico article Dream homes and disasters: Is the government ready to confront climate risk? explains the need for “Managed Retreat”. “The fact that official Washington is finally addressing the concept of some areas being too vulnerable to insure is noteworthy….” “For decades, lawmakers and federal agencies in Washington, D.C., have resisted taking harsh action […]