Chasing Clean Air

Signs of the Times

I need to claim my technorati blog with code ACMHJQCZB9VD. Speaking of code, I recently learned Scenic Drive is code for Scary Cliff Road! Like this scary cliff road hanging on Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Forest.

Notice the clouds.

Below.

I did not drive this "cliff-hanger" but rather was driven on this scenic scary-high-above-the-clouds-road.

Yes, quite pretty.

Ahhh!

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NASA Says Smog Impacting Arctic Climate Change

NASA links smog--our driving & turning on the lights--to Arctic climate change. As much as 1/3 to 1/2 climate change impacts are reportedly from ozone. You can read & see the computer model, documenting ozone impacts from industrial sources on specific regions of the world from 1880 to 1990 by clicking here. Really quite interesting.

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The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Climate Change Update

The Copenhagen Diagnosis--the latest update on climate change by top scientists worldwide--underscores melting ice sheets in Greenland and Arctic regions are accelerating, along  with climate change impacts and a shrunken time-line to turn it around. My mom lives near the water in San Francisco, meaning, if we don't turn climate change around, rising ocean levels may sink her condo along with coastlines.

To get link to The Copenhagen Diagnosis and read 3 reasons why I think there's more lip service to climate change than action read on.

Elevate Your Mood With Clean Air & Nature Photographs

My favorite photographs from the clean air road matted 5x7, 8x10, and 20x30. Posters, too. I love photography and appreciate your support. Please buy one. Or two! :-)

Chasing Clean Air Finding Dirty Water

 
One of these days, I'll write Chasing Clean Air, Finding Dirty Water. That's what I tell myself, and today an AP reporter wrote about uranium rich toxic groundwater in Nevada that had been covered up by industry and government officials.

Another reason why blogs like this are important in order to tell the truth when I/we find it. I stumble upon toxic truths on the road to clean air because locals generally know when there's a problem. People get sick or occasionally are told to evacuate.

While many areas on the road to clean air have better air quality than Los Angeles; suffering the consequence of industry dumping into soil and water is not uncommon.

Recently, without thinking I drank tap water while waiting for a ferry in Anacortes unaware I drank from a polluted area where ground water had been contaminated by industry. Currently this area is under a massive multi-million dollar clean-up. Photo is from one of the industrial sources next to the ferry landing on Fidalgo Bay where I boarded the Washington State Ferry (best ferry ride in the world) that took me to clean air in the San Juan Islands.

The dividends of chasing clean air frequently include finding dirty water.

Who do you trust?

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Regarding Clean Air, What's In Your Backyard?

A study found that air pollution negatively impacts the health of people and residents residing near Santa Monica Airport, especially on the east side. This study was announced around the time a reader here asked me where to move and if certain areas, which happened to be near farms, were safe.

It got me thinking how many of us absorbed on the internet, cyber-traveling everywhere but here and talking to people anywhere but in front of us, miss the obvious. 

Look around you. Within a few blocks. Within a few miles. Several miles.