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- @BaltimorePeace @CleanWater_MD Trex requires a 40,000 lb pick up. 17 hours ago
- @BaltimorePeace @CleanWater_MD cleanwater.org/2021/01/22/mom… 18 hours ago
- RT @EmilyMRanson: The hauler claimed it was recycling, and technically they were right...because Maryland law allows incineration to count… 19 hours ago
- MOM’s testifies on plastic bag incineration, called “recycling” in MD: cleanwater.org/2021/01/22/mom… 19 hours ago
- RT @abbygoldgirl: Do you know where your plastic bags are REALLY going when you think your grocery store is sending them for “recycling”? T… 19 hours ago
- Maryland, take action to let legislators know you support banning single-use plastic grocery bags, and you don’t su… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 19 hours ago
- While you’re here, Virginia, take action to speak up for the styrofoam ban: facs.salsalabs.org/2021vagenerala… 19 hours ago
- RT @BowersMillie: @CleanWater_MD @sierraclubmd @MOMsOrganicMrkt This is why we need to BAN PLASTIC BAG this year! 20 hours ago
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Category Archives: environment
My Year of Eating “Expired” Food
I watch a lot of nature shows. I wonder sometimes how animals are able to eat only unwashed, raw food- and drink water from pretty much any source (my dog frequently quenches her thirst from the muddy puddles in the … Continue reading
Posted in business, environment, Living, waste
66 Comments
Support Your Local Dead Zone?
It’s that time of year when farmers’ markets and roadside produce stands are popping up all over. I like to go to the Bethesda Farmers’ Market on Sunday mornings to scope out the products and farmers. And I like that … Continue reading
Posted in environment, food, local food, organic foods, water
Tagged Bethesda Farmers Market, chemical farming, chesapeake bay, farmers markets
13 Comments
Save the Dandelions
Society evolves, albeit sometimes slowly. I am 49 years old. There are things happening now that I would not have predicted when I was young. Aside from the fact that gasoline is unleaded, DDT is banned, and there is more … Continue reading
Posted in environment, home, Lawn, water
Tagged algae, chemicals, Chesapeake Watershed, dead zones, fertilizers, lawn care, Save the Dandelions
7 Comments
Good News, Bad News, Who Knows?
The Washington Post ran a story yesterday about unapproved GMO wheat that was found on an Oregon farm. At this point it’s a big mystery how this happened, as this particular GMO wheat was last tested by Monsanto in a … Continue reading
Posted in business, environment, food, GMOs, organic foods
Tagged cargill, cross contamination, GMO, GMO wheat, monsanto, oregon, organic foods, Washington Post, wheat
7 Comments
Scott Fights Scotts
There’s a creek that runs through my neighborhood. I walk it frequently. I consider myself the unofficial keeper of this creek, as I uproot invasive mustard plants and pick up dozens of bags of trash along a mile stretch of the … Continue reading
Posted in bugs/animals, environment, home, Lawn, Living, nature, water
Tagged algae, creeks, fertilizer, lawn, lawn chemicals
48 Comments
Up For Early Adoption
I’m getting a Tesla S. There. I said it. This feels like a confession. The nicest car I’ve ever driven was a Ford Fusion hybrid (and it is a REALLY nice car, btw). I basically despise status and will frankly … Continue reading
Posted in cars, energy, environment, fossil fuels, Living, personal
Tagged Costco, Electric Car, environmental, environmentally friendly, MOM's Organic Market, New York Times, Nissan Leaf, Tesla
8 Comments
On Tap
I was in DC a few weeks ago and saw this truck. It made me think about how we in the US have been duped by corporate interests into thinking that tap water is unsafe. I don’t think people realize how … Continue reading
Posted in energy, environment, MOM's Organic Market, trash, water
Tagged bottled water, tap water, The Story of Bottled Water, Water
29 Comments
The Absence of Negatives
A reporter recently called to ask me about the recent Stanford study which claimed that organic foods are not more nutritious than conventional foods. I told him that while there have been studies indicating that organic foods are more nutritious … Continue reading
Posted in environment, food, GMOs, MOM's Organic Market, organic foods, water
Tagged animal cruelty, GMOs, organics, pesticides, stanford study
5 Comments
Natural Foods- Progress, not Perfection
I was recently offered membership to Natural Products Association. I declined. Natural products are better than the usual junk foods that people eat, but given all of the synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides used in the growing process (and the … Continue reading
Posted in environment, food, GMOs, MOM's Organic Market, nature, organic foods
Tagged GMOs, natural foods, natural products assocation, organic foods
4 Comments