Category Archives: science

And Now, For Some 2020 Good Climate News

Posted on December 31, 2020 by David Posnett

Get Ready to Make a New Year’s Climate Pledge Looking for some good news on climate?  Get ready to set some priorities and make some New Year’s Climate Resolutions. Recently @GlobalEcoGuy Dr. Jon Foley reminded me (and 60k followers) about … Continue reading →

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Friend of clean water, biodiversity, climate-friendly regenerative businesses and safe-guarding our shorelines? Read on…..

Posted on December 1, 2020 by David Posnett

Dear Friend of the Shellfish Farmer,  If you are a friend of clean water, biodiversity, climate-friendly regenerative businesses, coastline protection, Earth and her oceans read on….. Join us in support of our shellfish farmers, and support the inclusion of commercial … Continue reading →

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200,000 Deaths….and Counting

Posted on September 23, 2020 by David Posnett

Letter to the Editor, The East Hampton Press, September 23 Grounded In Science More than 200,000 Americans are dead from the coronavirus — a staggering number, with no end in sight — and, yet, for Donald Trump, this is little … Continue reading →

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Mosquito Samples and Birds Test Positive for West Nile Virus

Posted on September 8, 2020 by David Posnett

https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dvbd/media/westnilevirus.html In SEPTEMBER 2019 there were 2 cases of West Nile Virus requiring hospitalization on eastern Long Island as reported in the Riverhead Local: “West Nile virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. It is … Continue reading →

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We have been warned.

Posted on September 4, 2020 by David Posnett

https://www.ft.com/content/27c9a6e8-ffb7-11e9-b7bc-f3fa4e77dd47 Rather than denial and political inertia from the Republican party now in power, what if we had acted immediately on what our science community understood and warned us about, the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic? The resulting health, economic, … Continue reading →

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Pandemic: How did Trump’s America Screw up?

Posted on September 2, 2020 by David Posnett

http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/05/america-leads-world-covid-19-deaths/ The United States has just 4% of the world’s population but over 25% of its confirmed COVID‑19 cases and deaths. With arguably the most advanced healthcare research and top hospitals and doctors, it seems difficult to fathom. What the … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Science Denialism

Posted on September 2, 2020 by David Posnett

“People don’t seem to understand that public health is a critical element of national security,” said Randall Larsen, a retired Air Force colonel. “To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to … Continue reading →

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Complete Lee Zeldin Environmental Voting Record

Posted on July 8, 2020 by David Posnett

Lee Zeldin’s League of Conservation Voters (LCV) score for 2019 was 28%. This seems like an improvement from his scores from prior years, which hovered around 10%, but to put things in perspective: The average Member of Congress score in … Continue reading →

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Zeldin’s Anti-Vaxxer Donor

Posted on May 11, 2020 by David Posnett

Zeldin’s Anti-Vaxxer Donor Joins Reopen Protests, Opposes Any Future COVID-19 Vaccine Does Lee Zeldin agree with risking New Yorkers lives? As Governor Cuomo prepares a statewide plan to reopen safely, Lee Zeldin donor and staunch anti-vaccine advocate Rita Palma joined calls to … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Kills Men More than Women. Why?

Posted on April 15, 2020 by David Posnett

In Italy, men made up nearly 60 percent of people with confirmed cases of the coronavirus and more than 70 percent of those who died of COVID-19.  In China men and women were infected in roughly equal numbers, but the … Continue reading →

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