Passion, Persistence, Perspective. en-us Copyright 2010 http://www.dallaswriter.com/ http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=75 <p>Tomorrow is Earth Day.</p> <p>The 2026 Midterm Election is next year on November 3rd, 2026.</p> <p>That&#39;s 560 days from now.</p> <p>It seems like a world away, given the speed at which our planet&#39;s remaining environmental refuges &ndash; essential to .... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=75 http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=74 <p>Cambridge, MA&nbsp;is where my environmental career began. During the summer of my junior year in college, I worked as in intern at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, researching the geology of the WR Grace site in Acton, MA and drafting one section of a report that Harvard submitte.... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=74 http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=73 <p>Bill McKibben's latest on Substack is a fascinating global review of the unfolding climate crisis and its endless consequences. Glad to read that some UK universities are considering divesting from research grants funded by fossil fuel companies. It&#39;s definitely the right thing to do. Wouldn't .... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=73 http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=72 <p>Today, I finally met <a href="http://www.twitter.com/EcoWavePower">@EcoWavePower&#39;s</a> Inna Braverman (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/InnaBraverman">@InnaBraverman</a>) in person. Part of &ldquo;The Next Scientific Revolution&rdquo; conference, hosted by <a href="htt.... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=72 http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=71 <p>Walking the Central Park Reservoir on Friday, we followed an adorable Canadian Goose making her way around the pond. She seemed intent to return to the water but just kept walking, kind of waddling left, then right, then left again. As she looked longingly at the still, glassy water, we wondered, was she injur.... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=71 http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=70 <p>Planet Power: Explore the World's Renewable Energy, illustrated by Annalisa Beghelli and published last year by Barefoot Books, received a Nautilus &ldquo;Better Books for a Better World&rdquo; Award!</p> <p>Nautilus Book awards shine a light on books of &ldquo;exceptional merit th.... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=70 http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=69 <p>If you&#39;re interested in my perspective on how to best share the science of climate change with children, check out a series of recent video clips on the ClimateCast link at <a href="https://www.stacyclarkbooks.com/climatecast">StacyClarkBooks.com</a>.</p> <p>In these brief chat.... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=69 http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=68 <p>I'm excited to share a very special endorsement for my book, &ldquo;Planet Power: Explore the World's Renewable Energy.&rdquo;</p> <p>It's from another musical hero of mine, John Hall, the founder of the band Orleans (Still the One, Dance with Me, among many other hits). Not on.... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=68 http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=67 <p>We can all reduce the demand for conflict fuels by switching to a renewable energy electricity provider.&#8232;</p> <p>Buying renewable power means that the money you spend on electricity goes to the construction of wind turbines, solar farms and batteries, not fossil fuel extraction, transpor.... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=67 http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=66 <p>Earth has been described as the Goldilocks planet because of its perfect chemical, physical and biological balance. But that balance is changing because of climate change.</p> <p>The well-funded climate misinformation campaigns, designed to distract and delay progress on renewables by doubting sci.... http://www.dallaswriter.com/subBlog.asp?bID=66