Forum, July 7: Biodiesel not a solution to our climate chaos
Published: 7/6/2021 10:00:01 PM
Modified: 7/6/2021 10:00:06 PM
Biodiesel not a solution to our climate chaos
It is encouraging to read about the municipal plan being developed in Hartford to reduce greenhouse emissions that are driving climate change (“Panel pitches plan to fight climate change,” July 4). It’s an effort that all of our towns need to be undertaking urgently.
There’s one aspect of the plan, as reported by the
Valley News, that should concern us all, however. The plan includes replacing 25% of the Hartford’s diesel usage with “cleaner burning” biodiesel.
Biodiesel is not carbon neutral. In fact, changes in land use to grow biofuel crops, whether palm oil, soy or sugar cane, are causing more CO2 emissions than the use of the biofuels is able to abate.
Opinion: What Nikole-Hannah Jones s job decision reveals
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What Nikole-Hannah Jones s job decision reveals
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In mid-May, the fraught fight over Nikole Hannah-Jones’s tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spilled into public view. Shortly after that, the Pulitzer Prize-winning
New York Times journalist had her first conversation with Wayne A. I. Frederick, the president of Howard University.
The conversation set in motion a series of events that unfolded behind the scenes with remarkable speed for the worlds of academe and philanthropy, and culminated in the announcement on Tuesday that Howard had hired Hannah-Jones. It was a sharp contrast to the agonized and prolonged controversy playing out in Chapel Hill, where UNC’s Board of Trustees refused to vote on her tenure for months, reportedly because of political opposition to her hiring.