Author Archives: Bruce

A good article from the Charlotte Observer http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/01/18/926909/rising-seas-will-make-nc-coast.htmlthat spells out both the effects and some of the policy conflicts to result from a one-meter sea level rise on the North Ca… Continue reading →

The Sunlight Foundation is pretty cool . . . http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2011/last-super-pac-2010-started-wife-congressional-challenger/ Last Super PAC of 2010 started by wife of congressional challenger By Bill Allison Jan 10 2011 3:3… Continue reading →

Interesting letter NOT admitted in the County Council debate on nominations to the Anne Arundel County Board of Appeals January 3rd, 2010. Continue reading →

From “The Hill” Energy and Environment blog — today
http://j.mp/f7cMDmGreens say EPA analysis on coal ash riddled with errorsBy Andrew Restuccia
– 12/29/10 12:14 PM ETAn analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the costs and benef… Continue reading →

from South CarolinaStudy finds marsh being drowned as sea off S.C. risesBy Bo PetersenThe (Charleston) Post and Courier/The Sun NewsThe salt marsh might be the defining feature of the Lowcountry coast, miles after miles of sweeping grasses. It’s t… Continue reading →

Tourist brochure: “One of the advantages of the Lower Rio Grande Valley is the more than 500 RV Parks.” You betcha. . . Continue reading →

Here is the blog-posted summary of conditions from this month’s water quality testing by Diana Muller, South River Keeper, and Americorps-person Jennifer Carr (see the Washington Post for 27 November, Metro Section) on the South River. Maybe water… Continue reading →

“Erik’s Beavers” (Michelsen, of course) on the middle branch of the top of Church Creek have been busy. We kayaked and pushed the kayak about as far as it would go with the very low tide Sunday, and got a good look at the new lower level of the be… Continue reading →

Great story from the Cape Verde islands.. . . .The Professional Windsurfers Association just held their final event for 2010 on our little island. They built an enclosure with concrete and metal on a turtle nesting beach. Nobody bothered to find o… Continue reading →

Good overview of one small watershed’s attempt to clean it up — good science plus citizen involvement. . . . a rural area with major inputs from farming and little of the suburban/high level of impervious surface that characterizes Annapolis’s w… Continue reading →