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What Is A Nuclear Meltdown?

On March 13, 2011, in Environmental Protection, Nuclear Meltdown, Technology, by Editor

A meltdown occurs when a severe failure of a nuclear power plant system prevents proper cooling of the reactor core, to the extent that the nuclear fuel assemblies overheat and melt. A meltdown is considered very serious because of the potential that radioactive materials could be released into the environment. A core meltdown will also render the reactor unstable until it is repaired. The scrapping and disposal of the reactor core will incur substantial costs for the operator.

Greenfield, Massachusetts – Store Opponents’ Arguments Come Up Short

On March 13, 2011, in Greenfield, MA, Politics in Greenfield, Massachusetts, by Editor

Greenfield was first approached with a 165,000-square-foot building to house Store X. It has been reduced to 135,000 square feet. We have been warned by Group Y that the traffic will be horrendous. Instead of people traveling out of town, they may choose to stay in town and travel down High or Federal streets. Now, if I understand this correctly, if the building is reduced to 80,000 square feet, the traffic will lessen because … I’m still not sure of the thinking. If the bottom line is because Store X will not be able to carry enough goods to satisfy customers, who exactly is Group Y trying to help?

Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth by Curt Stager

On March 13, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Imagine a planet where North American and Eurasian navies are squaring off over shipping lanes through an acidified, ice-free Arctic. Centuries later, their northern descendants retreat southward as the recovering sea freezes over again. And later still, future nations plan how to avert an approaching Ice Age… by burning what remains of our fossil fuels.

Greenfield, Massachusetts: A Frustrated Al Norman Defeated

On March 6, 2011, in Greenfield, MA, Politics in Greenfield, Massachusetts, by Editor

Al Norman, a Greenfield resident, nationally known as a consultant against Walmart, is in a serious predicament. He fights Walmart on a national basis, yet the majority of residents in his hometown has voted for a discount department store development by a margin of roughly 2:1. Imagine the blow to his reputation in case the project prevails.

On Martin Luther King Day An Open Letter To Tim Grant

On March 1, 2011, in Greenfield, MA, Politics in Greenfield, Massachusetts, by Editor

What separates immigrants, applying for citizenship, from born Americans is simple: They need to apply for the privilege of American citizenship, and they are undergoing a process during which they have to prove that they are worthy of being an American. They need to know – and understand – the American constitution especially the aspects that make this country so great.

The Greenfield Recorder and the Racial Slurs

On March 1, 2011, in Greenfield, MA, Politics in Greenfield, Massachusetts, by Editor

Our local newspaper, the Recorder, serving the people of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region, seems to be undergoing a shift toward supporting extreme right-wing views, which includes, but is not limited to the publication of borderline racial slurs.

How A "Big Box Store" Will Destroy Downtown Greenfield, Massachusetts

On March 1, 2011, in Greenfield, MA, The C.A.V.E. people of Greenfield, Massachusetts, by Editor

Honestly, I am sick and tired of the misleading comments regarding the impact of a potential large retail store on downtown Greenfield, Massachusetts. Today’s Recorder – who seems to allow more opponents than proponents to comment lately – shows another “My Turn” article written by Hazel Dawkins, another misguided Al-Norman-Worshipper.

Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools

On February 21, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Like Bill Bryson on hard science, or John McPhee with attitude, journalist Hohn travels from beaches to factories to the northern seas in pursuit of a treasure that mystifies as much as it provokes. His quest is to determine what happened to a load of 28,800 Chinese manufactured plastic animals in a container that fell off a ship en route to Seattle in 1992. Hohn’s inquiry leads him to 10 Little Rubber Ducks (2005), children’s author Eric Carle’s idealized board-book version, and also to the plastic-strewn beaches of an Alaskan island, a Hong Kong toy fair, and the Sesame Street origins of the rubber duck’s popularity.

When the Killing's Done: A Novel Of Species Thrashing by T.C. Boyle

On February 19, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Boyle’s great subject is humankind’s blundering relationship with the rest of the living world. In his thirteenth novel, he transports us to California’s Galapagos, the surprisingly wild Northern Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara. There a stormy, cliff-hanging tale of foolhardy and treacherous journeys unfolds, anchored to the tough women in two indomitable matriarchal lines.

Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth by Mark Hertsgaard

On January 31, 2011, in Book Reviews, Environmental Protection, by Editor

Hot explains, for instance, the new realities of global warming and specify the kinds of impacts that are unavoidable during the lifetimes of today’s children. Members of Generation Hot who live in New York City, for example, will endure twice as many extremely hot summer days by the 2020s as they do today, which is no small thing if you recall how unpleasant the summer of 2010 was. By the time my daughter is my age, the snowpack in California will have melted to where shortages of drinking water will be a virtually permanent condition. And the projections for Africa, South Asia, and other poor regions of the world are often even more troubling.