New Orleans We checked the storm reports on Tropical Storm, wannabe hurricane, Barry, constantly as we prepared to leave Milwaukee. We were confident that we could get to Houston, but the last leg into New Orleans, scheduled to land at 9PM, might be a different matter, if winds were rising before landfall. Everything seemed to …
Tag: Climate Change
Power Drains and Climate Change
Houston A head scratcher for me around climate change has always been the issue of how much energy we waste in the slips between the cup and the lip, so to speak. Oil pipelines lose from 5 to 10% by some estimates in leakage from inadequate maintenance, breakdowns, and, for those following the issue in …
Finding the Organizing Handles for Climate Change at the Local Level
Baltimore The crowd that gathered in the teachers’ union meeting hall in Towson, Maryland was old and young, current and former organizers with unions, ACORN, activist and well-traveled others, so watching “The Organizer” for them was in many parts a good spirited time with laughs and wisecracks at all the right moments. The post-screening questions …