In the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, battery-powered trucks get recharged while they’re rolling down eHighway truck lanes, using the century-old technology of catenary wires and pantographs. Tom Scott explains.
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Have you heard this one? A dinosaur walks into the UN General Assembly and says “Don’t Choose Extinction.” Just in time for the 2021 United Nations climate change conference (COP 26). And Halloween.
A message from the UNDP, which opposes the world’s $423 billion annual government fossil fuel subsidies. Read about it here.
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“Frankie the Dinosaur tells world not to ‘choose extinction’ in U.N. video urging climate action,” Amy Cheng, Washington Post
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Efforts at saving honey bees may make people feel good and agribiz happy, but the little critters are really buzzing bad boys. Wild bees are better for the environment. A Deutsche Welle video.
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“The Problem with Honey Bees,” Alison McAfee, Scientific American
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In DC, the National Park Service begins its seasonal “Deer Management Program,” deploying NPS biologist-sharpshooters in Rock Creek Park to hunt whitetail deer in the middle of the Nation’s capital. This year the hunt may extend into Rock Creek neighbors, including Melvin Hazen Park, Soapstone Valley Park, Pinehurst Parkway, Glover Archbold Park, Battery Kemble Park and Fort Totten Park. The seasonal slaughter will commence tonight, November 16th, and continue every night until March 16, 2021. The Park Service is, um, shooting to reduce the population to 15 to 20 deer per square mile.
Last year, the NPS donated 1320 lbs. of venison harvested by the program to the DC Central Kitchen charity.
Related:
“Advocacy group presses for culling of deer population in Arlington,” Scott McCaffrey, InsideNoVA
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Like many Eastern suburbs, Virginia’s Fairfax County has way too many whitetail deer munching on backyard greenery and blundering in front of moving minivans. The county’s parks department has a chosen technology to control the antlered population boom: bows and arrows. Registered bow hunters climb into tree stand blinds and shoot down at the critters, so there’s little chance of stray shots perforating the neighbors.
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“Hundreds of Bow-Hunters Will Reduce Fairfax’s Deer Population This Fall,” Jane Recker, Washingtonian
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In keeping with Ohio’s MAGA nostalgia craze, the state’s Cuyahoga River caught fire again last week, for the 14th time. The waterway’s last big blaze was in 1969. At that fire’s 50th anniversary last year, fish from the Cuyahoga were declared safe to eat. This year’s fish must be self-broiling.
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“51 Years Later, the Cuyahoga River Burns Again,” Wes Siler, Outside Magazine
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Bus deck, Union Station, Washington DC
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine and the District Department of Energy and Environment have filed a lawsuit claiming Greyhound buses regularly disregard the District’s three-minute idling limit, polluting the air and endangering the health of workers, riders, and DC residents and visitors. The suit against the bus company is based on a DDOE study conducted at the Union Station bus deck, and the DA seeks reimbursement for investigation costs and $216,000 in penalties.
Washington DC is filled with idling intercity, charter, tourist, and commuter buses every day, but you’ve got to start somewhere.
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“D.C. sues Greyhound over buses idling at Union Station,” Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post
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The National Park Service has resumed its seasonal “Deer Management Program,” deploying sharpshooters in Rock Creek Park in the middle of the Nation’s capital to shoot whitetail deer dead. The noctural slaughter will continue until March 30th and recommence next winter. Last winter’s cull cut deer density in half, from 80 to 40 deer per square mile. The Park Service is shooting for a goal of 15 to 20 deer per square mile.
Venison harvested by the program is donated to food programs for the homeless.
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They’re terrorizing our parks, soccer fields, cemetaries, and golf courses. They crossed the border and, thanks to a permissive law, they never left. They’re Canada Geese.
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Greta Thunberg joins forces with The 1975 to address climate change. Proceeds to benefit Extinction Rebellion.
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“‘Time to rebel’: Greta Thunberg adds voice to new song by the 1975,” Laura Snapes, The Guardian
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