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Philadelphia Tackles Stormwater Producers with Fees
Stormwater runoff is a primary cause of water pollution in urban areas, as rain rushes off impervious roofs and parking lots. Philadelphia has the guts to make major stormwater producers pay more; those who build porous ground and roof covers pay less. Of course, it's controversial. Read More...
Fools ‘R’ Us: How the Chemical Lobby Keeps Us from Testing Its Products for Safety
This article tells of another lost legislative opportunity to reduce the poisons in our water, soil and air, courtesy of our chemical industry. But until we wake up to the fact that we are being manipulated by the industry's threats of job loss, we will continue to die, uncomprehending of the fools being made... Read More...
Chinese Export Ban Moves Japan to Recycle Electronics
This is a beautiful example of unintended consequences. For China, it probably means a long-term reduction in demand. For everyone else, especially Japan, it means a refocus on recycling and an emphasis on finding more local materials. Read More...
Aquaponics to the Rescue: Veggies, Water, Fish and Worms
Aquaponics, which not only grows vegetables in tanks of water but adds fish to fertilize them while growing worms in vegetable trash to feed the fish looks like it could be a major answer to growing more food in less space -- if a larger scale can be achieved. Read More...
Lake Mead: Then and Now
Graphic pictures of Lake Mead in August 1985 and 25 years later. Some of it is drought, but much of it is human use, as the American Southwest pretends that the desert can support an increasing population that uses water as if the supply were inexhaustible. Read More...
Let The Bugs Do It: 15,000 Gallons of Ethanol per Acre
A genetically altered cyanobacterium that "sweats" ethanol into its surroundings is a very promising new technology. It is one of several attempts in the works to produce fuel from organisms instead of from petroleum. Think 15,000 gallons of fuel/acre/year vs 328 gallons per acre of corn per year, and you'll get the idea. Read More...
Getting It Right: Windpower & Transmission Capacity
This article really spells out some of the infrastructure and land-use problems we face as we utilize wind power. Looks like Texas is leading the charge (if you'll pardon the expression), but 19th Century land-use policy will be the stick-in-the-spokes that could keep the windmills from turning. Read More...