- Many people assume that pizza boxes are recyclable.
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Suzanne Goldenberg, Has BP really cleaned up the Gulf oil spill?, The Guardian, 2011
Rating: 4/5 Link
- Officially, marine life is returning to normal in the Gulf of Mexico, but dead animals are still washing up on beaches - and one scientist believes the damage runs much deeper.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Elizabeth Kolbert, The Acid Sea, National Geographic Magazine, 2011
Rating: 4/5 Link
- The carbon dioxide we pump into the air is seeping into the oceans and slowly acidifying them. One hundred years from now, will oysters, mussels, and coral reefs survive?
Monday, October 25, 2010
Marianne Lavelle, The Great Shale Gas Rush, National Geographic, 2010
Rating: 4/5 Link
- Pennsylvania sits atop one of the world’s largest natural gas reservoirs, promising clean energy and new jobs. But can this resource be extracted sustainably?
- U.S. energy industry innovators unlocked the natural gas found in deep shale rock by combining and super-charging old oil industry techniques.
- Hopes are high that jobs will flow as fast as the natural gas in the energy boom that has hit Pennsylvania.
- The shale gas industry maintains that it safeguards the environment, but accidents have sown mistrust as the industry has moved into rural communities.
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