http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/science/earth/27waste.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Title: Smuggling Europe's Waste to Poorer Countries
Source: N.Y. Times
Date: 9/26/09
Author: ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Summary: Exporting waste illegally to poor countries has become a growing international business, as companies try to minimize the costs of new environmental laws. Rotterdam, the busiest port in Europe, has unwittingly become Europe’s main external garbage chute.
Response: This article is important because it discusses the negative impact Europe's smuggling of electronic waste is doing to the environment. Europe's electronic waste, and other garbage that is supposed to be recycled is polluting air and water and releasing the chemicals that are linked to global warming.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
9/27 Blog #3
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/science/earth/25shark.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Title: Palau to Ban Shark Fishing
Source: N.Y. Times
Author: Cornelia Dean
Date: 9/24/09
Summary: Palau, an island nation in the Western Pacific, is banning fishing for sharks in its waters. The ban will apply to waters covering about the size of Texas that are home to many different shark species.
Article Critique: I think this article is extremly important, and this issue is one that needs attention. If more bans aren't made concerning other wildlife animals, more and more species will be in danger for extinction.
Title: Palau to Ban Shark Fishing
Source: N.Y. Times
Author: Cornelia Dean
Date: 9/24/09
Summary: Palau, an island nation in the Western Pacific, is banning fishing for sharks in its waters. The ban will apply to waters covering about the size of Texas that are home to many different shark species.
Article Critique: I think this article is extremly important, and this issue is one that needs attention. If more bans aren't made concerning other wildlife animals, more and more species will be in danger for extinction.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
9/20 Post #1
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/us/15ash.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Source: New York Times
Date: 9/14/09
Author: Shaila Dewan
Title: T.V.A. to Pay $43 Million on Projects in Spill Area
Summary: A coal ash spill in Roane County, Tennessee will cause the Tennessee Valley Authority to spend 43 million dollars on economical development projects. The money will not be spent directly on the spill; however it will be used on capital improvements to the county school system, a public relations campaign and projects like a new sewage treatment plant and the conversion of an old movie theater into an arts education center.
Critique: After reading this article, I feel that the T.V.A should consider a different approach because of the upset with some members of Roane County. The authority has spent $40.2 billion to buy out 142 property owners. This is a waste because not everyone is satisfied.
Source: New York Times
Date: 9/14/09
Author: Shaila Dewan
Title: T.V.A. to Pay $43 Million on Projects in Spill Area
Summary: A coal ash spill in Roane County, Tennessee will cause the Tennessee Valley Authority to spend 43 million dollars on economical development projects. The money will not be spent directly on the spill; however it will be used on capital improvements to the county school system, a public relations campaign and projects like a new sewage treatment plant and the conversion of an old movie theater into an arts education center.
Critique: After reading this article, I feel that the T.V.A should consider a different approach because of the upset with some members of Roane County. The authority has spent $40.2 billion to buy out 142 property owners. This is a waste because not everyone is satisfied.
Monday, September 14, 2009
9/20 Post #2
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13water.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Source: The New York Times
Author: Charles Duhigg
Summary: In Charleston West Virginia, coal companies have been polluting the water with toxic waste that has been affecting the community. Chemical factories, manufacturing plants and other workplaces have violated water pollution laws more than half a million times, in the last five years.
Critique: This article topic is very important, and I feel the information provided could possibly impact my family and our community in the future. Water pollution has no scent or taste, many people who consume the dangerous chemicals do not realize it.
Title: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering
Date: 9/13/09Source: The New York Times
Author: Charles Duhigg
Summary: In Charleston West Virginia, coal companies have been polluting the water with toxic waste that has been affecting the community. Chemical factories, manufacturing plants and other workplaces have violated water pollution laws more than half a million times, in the last five years.
Critique: This article topic is very important, and I feel the information provided could possibly impact my family and our community in the future. Water pollution has no scent or taste, many people who consume the dangerous chemicals do not realize it.
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