Blog Full Both Sidebar

  By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative I’m firmly of the opinion that if it is possible to reference or highlight the work of Carl Sagan, one should do that.  This thoughtful piece by the Climate Historian...Read More

By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative At the end of September this year, an historic point was reached: England turned off its last coal-fired power plant, ending a 142-year history of coal-fired power in the country. There...Read More

By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative There’s been a change at Lake Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: a 114-year old historical marker set on top of the last burial mound in the area has been taken down. This...Read More

By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative This week the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) begins in Azerbaijan. The COP29 Parties also are now one year into the first...Read More

By Allyson Ropp, Historic Preservation Archaeological Specialist As I write this, North Carolina faces a long road of recovery in its western reaches. Hurricane Helene sped through the west, dumping several feet of rain and generating a thousand-year flood event. This was a mere week...Read More