Category Archives: waste

solid, liquid, and gaseous materials unusable and unwanted in a primary process

Oxygen — not a free lunch

2012-7-10 – 6:44 am

“This is one labor dispute that the capitalist cannot win.”

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4 Million Tons of Radioactive Debris

2012-6-5 – 4:21 pm

“Over 90% of that debris is still waiting to be disposed of”

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So far, 15,000 terabecquerels and counting

2011-9-13 – 7:17 pm

Japan is having a difficult time finding storage space for waste that is so radioactive, standing near it for less than 20 seconds would prove fatal.

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Microbial Fuel Cell

2011-6-28 – 11:27 am

“Energy Technology Ventures—a joint venture among GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips—is making its first non-US and first water-related investment by providing capital to Emefcy Ltd.”

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The Very Essence of Smartness

2011-6-6 – 1:07 pm

To temper legal skills with a humane approach. Is that putting a smiley face over the doors to the prison? And, is the water in prison safer than where the non-incarcerated poor live?

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The Evil Agri-Oil Axis

2011-5-26 – 5:43 pm

Since the 1960s increased use of nitrogen fertilizers has doubled the number of lifeless pockets every decade.

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The Dustier Bowl

2011-4-7 – 2:33 pm

Over the last decade, the Southwest has suffered the sharpest temperature increase on the continent.

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Pollutin’ Politicos

2011-3-1 – 3:34 pm

Ethics? We don’t need no stinkin’ ethics.

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For the Greater Greed

2011-2-28 – 11:49 am

What the frack, Andy?

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The Susquehanna and Chemung River Basins

2010-12-30 – 4:28 pm

The Chesapeake Bay has been improving, yet it still is at risk. Much pollution comes from agricultural sources.

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