They were known to be greenhouse gases all along. There may be a burst of attention right now but it's certainly not a new and surprising discovery. The need to avoid venting these materials has never been taken as seriously as it ought to be. I see people proposing hydrocarbons, as were proposed the first time around. Flammable, yes, but there are 100 pounds of gasoline in the back of the car, it's hard to imagine flammable refrigerant in the air conditioner being a big hazard (the oil in the refrigerant circuit is flammable anyway, after all).
Waukesha County, Republican pols failed to kill it.
The Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Sunset on the lakefront, summer 2018
Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan
Wisconsin wind farm, east of Waupun
86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade
Skylight illumination in Milwaukee City Hall
The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.
What water, wetland protection is all about
"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.
Lake Michigan in winter
Milwaukee skyline
James Rowen's Bio
James Rowen is an independent writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He worked as the senior Mayoral staffer in Madison and Milwaukee and for newspapers in both cities. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007.
3 comments:
Yeah well, we have folks like you to thank for it.
Thanks?
I didn't know i had that much power.
They were known to be greenhouse gases all along. There may be a burst of attention right now but it's certainly not a new and surprising discovery. The need to avoid venting these materials has never been taken as seriously as it ought to be. I see people proposing hydrocarbons, as were proposed the first time around. Flammable, yes, but there are 100 pounds of gasoline in the back of the car, it's hard to imagine flammable refrigerant in the air conditioner being a big hazard (the oil in the refrigerant circuit is flammable anyway, after all).
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