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From a reader of Energy Independence

by Chris Woodside | Jul 14, 2012 | Get This

His house on Prince Edward island I received this note from a Canadian reader of my book, Energy Independence: “I just finished your 2009 updated version, and I must say I liked it a lot. Obvious you are a word professional, as it flows so nicely, is...

It’s all fine for them. They wear ear protection.

by Chris Woodside | Jul 9, 2012 | Get This

Worker with leaf-blower. Photo by Hector Alejandro, Wikimedia The neighborhoods now have roared to life with motorized blowers (see the photo) and hedge clippers. Many workers who use them wear ear protection. It’s all fine for them, but what about the...

Back on the ridges, three days

by Chris Woodside | Jul 2, 2012 | Get This

View from the top of Mount Hight, Carter-Moriah Range, White Mountains, New Hampshire Almost three weeks ago I went by myself on a three-day hiking trip in the Carter-Moriah Range of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Black flies outnumbered people. But I noticed...

Don’t take the train. That’s a certain train line’s slogan

by Chris Woodside | Jun 21, 2012 | Get This

Why does a certain train line that begins with an “A” cost more the later they sell their tickets? Tonight the one-way cost for a ride from Old Saybrook, Connecticut to Boston was $39 at 8:30 p.m. I had to stop the reservation process because some dear...

The United Church of Christ and Climate Change

by Chris Woodside | Jun 6, 2012 | Magazine Articles

Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, April 5, 2012 Humans carry responsibility — and should take action — United Church of Christ tells its members. The head of the Massachusetts conference of the United Church of Christ, the Rev. Jim Antal, says he was not...