This Saturday, November 15 is Americal Recycles Day and I was planning to take a trunk full of E-Waste (broken radios, calculators, toaster oven, lamp) to a local high school which is collecting it to recycle. However, this Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes made me question whether this action is simply dumping the [...]
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E-Waste Dilemma
Posted in Environment, Recycling, Video, tagged China, computers, e-waste, electronics, ewaste, pollution on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Simulated satellite view of Holland
Posted in Environment, Geography, Maps, Ocean, tagged climate change, coastal, holland, imagery, netherlands, satellite, sea level rise on November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There was an interesting article in the New York Times today about a plan by the Netherlands to build a tulip-shaped island off-shore to help protect its coast from sea level rise. Here is the photo that appeared:
From the article:
The idea, Mr. de Boer went on, would be not only to gain land and protect [...]
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