Category Archives: Environment

WHAT DO YOU KNOW AND HOW MUCH DO YOU CARE …

Posted on November 1, 2022 by bcenterprise

ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE? Please feel free to take part in the Survey linked below that seeks information about your interest in and concerns about climate change. No personally identifiable information is collected or stored (i.e., your name, age, location, etc.). … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Science and Nature, Surveys and Polls | Tagged climate change, global warming | Leave a comment

April is Keep America Beautiful Month

Posted on April 4, 2018 by bcenterprise

Since 1953 the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Foundation works with partners and affiliates nationwide to fulfill its three-fold mission to End Littering, Improve Recycling and Beautify America’s Communities. KAB’s Great American Cleanup program celebrates it 20th anniversary in 2018, and as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Did you know?, Environment, National Months | Tagged Anti-Littering, Beautify communities, Dow Chemical Company, Great American Cleanup, Hefty EnergyBag grant, Keep America Beautiful, Recycling | Leave a comment

Batting a Thousand!

Posted on June 28, 2017 by bcenterprise

A recent discovery that the bat colony inhabiting the attic of the county sheriff’s department numbers over one thousand has raised serious concerns about the health and safety of deputies working in the second-floor offices. That bats are and have … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Did you know?, Environment, Science and Nature | Tagged bat control, bat exclusions, bats, endangered bat species, gray bat, Indiana bat, Missouri Bat Census, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri wildlife, Missouri Wildlife Code, Order Chiroptera, removing bats | Leave a comment

Weather Patterns – Part Three

Posted on February 9, 2017 by bcenterprise

The single hottest temperature on record for this region was 134°F in Death Valley, California on July 10, 1913; the coldest temperature on record was -80°F in Prospect Creek, Alaska on January 23, 1971. The five Pacific Coast cities covered … Continue reading →

Posted in Did you know?, Environment, Science and Nature | Tagged Al Gore global warming, Barrow AK, Bellingham WA, climate change, Farmers Almanac, global warming, Los Angeles CA, New Year's Day temperatures, NOAA, Pacific coast weather, Red Bluff CA, San Diego CA, temperature changes | Leave a comment

Weather Patterns – Part Two

Posted on January 13, 2017 by bcenterprise

This report reflects temperature changes on January 1st, every 5 years from 1945 – 2015 and 2016, in five East Coast cities from Maine to Florida. Typical climate in the region, in excerpts from world atlas online is described as: New England states experience warm summers … Continue reading →

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Weather Patterns – Part One

Posted on December 23, 2016 by bcenterprise

Perspectives and laws on a number of issues, including global warming – now climate change, will take interesting turns after January 20, 2017. Indeed, president-elect Trump has held meetings already with Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio. Both are high-profile, heavy investors in climate change politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Doubts and Disputations, Environment, Science and Nature | Tagged Al Gore global warming, climate change, coldest temperature in Mo, global warming, greenhouse gases, hottest temperature in Mo, Kansas City temperatures, Missouri, Springfield Mo temperatures, St Louis temperatures, Warsaw Mo | Leave a comment