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Katie Singer writes about nature and technology in Letters to Greta. She spoke about the Internet's footprint in 2018, at the United Nations' Forum on Science, Technology & Innovation, and, in 2019, on a panel with the climatologist Dr. James Hansen. Her most recent book is An Electronic Silent Spring. www.DearGreta.com and www.ElectronicSilentSpring.com.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, November 15, 2019 Our Web of Inconvenient Truths
What are the true costs of each Google and GPS search; every social media post and video stream; every email, text message and Skype call; every online purchase; every transfer of funds or medical or educational records; every "smart," "energy-saving" Internet-of-Things-connected refrigerator messaging its owner to buy more milk?
SHARE Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Electronic Visit Verification
In 2016, the U.S. Congress enacted and President Obama signed into law the 21rst Century CURES Act, which mandates Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) of Medicaid-funded personal care or home health services.
SHARE Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Remembering Bob Berry in His Own Words
The arborist Bob Berry, PhD, died peacefully March 25th, surrounded by family. Born July 31, 1938, Bob loved everything in the natural world.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 5, 2019 5G, Fiber Optics & the Law
An excerpt from Our Web of Inconvenient Truths: The Internet, Energy Use, Toxic Waste & Climate Change (forthcoming in May from SteinerBooks) by Katie Singer, www.electronicsilentspring.com
SHARE Wednesday, November 21, 2018 Our Web of Inconvenient Truths
Every day, I learn about new changes that decrease consumers' choices around technology, increase energy consumption (by deploying new layers of infrastructure and marketing new devices), and increase EMR exposure.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 15, 2018 URGENT Action Alert -Contact Congress ASAP about Its FCC Review
This Thursday, August 16, the Senate's Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee will query FCC Commissioners about their oversight of issues related to wireless communications.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Inviting Discussion About Safer Tech Use in Schools
This paper aims to encourage discussion about safer, more responsible use of technology in educational settings. It presents critical issues and options for consideration.
SHARE Friday, December 30, 2016 Digital Fitness
Personal fitness coach, Ryan Munsey of NaturalStacks.com, interviews Katie Singer about why and how to reduce your household's exposure to screen-time and man-made electromagnetic radiation.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Telecom corporations are now deploying "small cells" on utility poles
Around North America, telecom corporations are now deploying "small cells"--small cellular antennas--on utility poles. Sometimes called distributed-antenna systems (DAS), these antennas provide citywide Wi-Fi. I've heard of one proposal to install 700 antennas around one town with one permit. I've heard of antennas going up with no permit.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 1, 2016 Priorities: Mobility or Survival?
Election season and starting a new school year have us clarifying priorities. In public and private discourse, we need to include that using technology has long-term consequences.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 3, 2016 FCC Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of the Spectrum Frontiers Proceeding on July 14, 2016
Twenty years ago, during Bill Clinton's presidency and Reid Hunt's chairmanship of the FCC, the U.S. Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the TCA). Section 704 prohibits environmental and health concerns from interfering with the placement of telecom equipment.
Regardless the public's awareness of this federal law, we all live downwind of it. Here are some recent e-developments. --Katie Singer