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After a year of generally isolated holidays, with many of us keeping Thanksgiving to a small celebration, if that, in 2020, this year should feel very different for us in the Tristate region. That is, of course, if we are vaccinated and boostered as necessary.
Dear EarthTalk: My husband thinks it’s better for the planet to hand-wash dishes in the sink, but it seems to me using the dishwasher is more eco-friendly. Can you settle this debate for us?
—Chris B., Bowie, MD
Heroic effort at Geer but poor communication
Everyone hopes that the tragic outbreak of the Covid delta variant at Geer Nursing Home in North Canaan is now over.
People are finally coming to realize that climate change is being caused primarily by the ever increasing concentration of global warming gases in the atmosphere. But what should we do about this? The obvious answer is to cut way back on the use of fossil fuels which, when burned, produce these gases, especially carbon dioxide.
The preventable plight of the U.S. Postal Service, with its over 30,000 post offices, is an important issue for all Americans. When President Donald J. Trump’s donor and henchman Louis DeJoy became postmaster general in 2020, he started to dismantle the agency.
Cartoon to the editor by Pat Moore of Lakeville
There are times for all communities that are tipping points, when some centers that shape their residents’ lives in profound ways change or are at such dramatic risk that there is no turning back to what once was. We’ve all seen or know about such places.
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