![“Silent Spring Revolution” by Douglas Brinkley](https://www.charactertowns.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Silent-Spring-Revolution-book.jpg)
“Silent Spring Revolution” by Douglas Brinkley
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. With the detonation of the Trinity explosion in the […]
![“Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson](https://www.charactertowns.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Silent-Spring-book-.jpg)
“Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson
In 2006, Silent Spring was named one of the 25 greatest science books of all time by the editors of Discover magazine. From CT.org… Ms. Carson revolutionized global thinking on environmental issues. The original printing in 1962 was reprinted in 2002 with an extensive introduction by Linda Lear; an excerpt follows. Ms. Lear’s introduction plus […]
The Bloomberg Carbon Clock – April 2023
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Climate Change: Global Sea Level
Author: Rebecca Lindsey, November 19, 2019 WHAT’S CAUSING SEA LEVEL TO RISE? Global warming is causing global mean sea level to rise in two ways. First, glaciers and ice sheets worldwide are melting and adding water to the ocean. Second, the volume of the ocean is expanding as the water warms. A third, much […]
National Climate Report – September 2022
From CT.org…This report, like all NOAA reports, is chock full of data about temperatures, rainfall and other climate data. Check out the full report at the cited web address below. NOAA issues the National Climate Report every November. Check it out. FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
NOAA’s Annual Arctic Report Card
Issued annually since 2006, the Arctic Report Card is a timely and peer-reviewed source for clear, reliable and concise environmental information on the current state of different components of the Arctic environmental system relative to historical records. The Report Card is intended for a wide audience, including scientists, teachers, students, decision-makers and the general public […]
The Causes of Climate Change
A simplified animation of the greenhouse effect. Scientists attribute the global warming trend observed since the mid-20th century to the human expansion of the “greenhouse effect”1 — warming that results when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space. Certain gases in the atmosphere block heat from escaping. Long-lived gases that remain semi-permanently in […]
Contents – August 2023
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![Reaching for the Future, Creative Finance for Smaller Communities by Tom Murphy, Maureen McAvey and Bridget Lane, ULI](https://www.charactertowns.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Reading-for-the-Future-book.jpg)
Reaching for the Future, Creative Finance for Smaller Communities by Tom Murphy, Maureen McAvey and Bridget Lane, ULI
SUMMARY. ULI continues to produce professional studies useful to the development community and the small cities and towns they serve. This one addresses finance programs and their use described in six case studies. Although the information and programs apply to the entire city, there are valuable lessons and tools for neighborhood association use. The task is to adapt the discussed […]
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“The Sanitary City: Environmental Services in Urban America from Colonial Times to the Present” by Martin V. Melosi
Summary. Yellow fever and cholera, along with measles, the plague and other communicable diseases, had their way with city populations before the twentieth century and the discovery of a scientific approach to healthcare and disease prevention and control. FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail