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Guest Speaker: Jim Thompson
*Note: This is a guest post by MattP from the other class. Before Mr. Thompson, the CEO of a Biodiesel fuel company, came to speak to us on Friday, what did our class know about Biodiesel fuel or even...
View ArticleEARTH DAY: Thought for the Day…
HAPPY EARTH DAY! Have you been good to your “mother?” You can see what others are doing around the country at the EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/earthday/ If you did notice lately, it is very “hip” to...
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Car Emissions 101 Scribe Post
*We won’t start the Scribe List over this late in the year, so since we are out of scribes here is a guest post by JamesS in the other class: Monday we began talking about what exactly comes out of our...
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Wrapping up emissions testing…
After testing a handful of vehicles in each class, we tried to analyze the class data for trends. It has become harder and harder to do as vehicle emissions have become so much “cleaner” over the last...
View ArticleAir Pollution & Climate Change Mega-Post!
Since it is so close to the AP exam and all of you have fulfilled your scribe post obligations, I won’t start the list over. So, here is a collection of links from past classes on major air pollution...
View ArticleCarbon Offsets: Solution or Scam?
So, while your text does introduce the concept of carbon neutral it did not mention carbon offsets, which have become a hot ticket in “climate change mitigation.” There are many companies out there now...
View ArticleAPES in the News
Well, you all made it. Now that the course and AP exam are behind you, I hope you pay attention to the environmental issues that lie before you. Here are just a few of the issues we have studied that...
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Turnips! But not really…
You guys remember those turnip seeds we were caring for at the beginning of the year? I won’t lie and say I took an fantastic job of taking care of them over the Winter holiday break….they died. BUT!...
View ArticleIt’s a Small World…
Since most of you have been at Providence Day for a while, I’m assuming you all remember Hunter Hodges, who left in 8th grade and moved to Beaufort, SC. Anywhosen, I came across this article that...
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Closed for Business
Sorry to say the year is over. I really enjoyed our time together. Best of luck to each of you in college and beyond! If you have just stumbled upon this blog, note that our class no longer meets and...
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