Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Grand Canyon Area Uranium Mining Ahead? Hearing Today on Controversial Proposal
One one hand, the government wants to allow uranium mining near the Grand Canyon. On the other hand, it wants to improve the Canyon's ecosystem. Environmentalists, park enthusiasts, and Native American tribes say that allowing potentially-dangerous, and definitely ugly, uranium mines near the Grand Canyon is risky -- and dirty-- business.
The Canyon area is part of not only a massive ecosystem, but it is also home to Native American tribes. The Havasupai people, for generations removed from the modern world, cling to their homes at the bottom of the Canyon.
The Hualapai Indians recently opened a glass-bottomed Skywalk over the western Grand Canyon. On hand to help them: NASA moonwalker Buzz Aldrin of the famed Apollo 11 lunar expedition.
Remote, mysterious, challenging, and beautiful--the Grand Canyon. But now the Park Service wants to allow dozens of new uranium mines in the area. The battle lines are being drawn.
The Canyon area is part of not only a massive ecosystem, but it is also home to Native American tribes. The Havasupai people, for generations removed from the modern world, cling to their homes at the bottom of the Canyon.
The Hualapai Indians recently opened a glass-bottomed Skywalk over the western Grand Canyon. On hand to help them: NASA moonwalker Buzz Aldrin of the famed Apollo 11 lunar expedition.
Remote, mysterious, challenging, and beautiful--the Grand Canyon. But now the Park Service wants to allow dozens of new uranium mines in the area. The battle lines are being drawn.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Video: ELF "Eco-Terrorism" Torches Seattle Homes; Expert Explains ELF
An expert says that the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), allied with the Animal Liberation Front, isn't really so much a group as a philosophy. ELF invites people to take radical action in ELF's name.
And that name would be: arrogant cowards.
There are many good, positive ways to work to protect the environment. They all involve stepping out, and getting personally involved, with your name and face attached.
From writing letters to claiming a section of highway and cleaning it up, there's more work to do than workers. At the Peanut Patch, we've worked for solid environmental causes.
But turning into destructive raiders isn't the act of someone who cares about Planet Earth, the environment, or anything else. Instead, it's the act of those who would be self-anointed Darth Vaders, claiming the right to destroy at will.
And that name would be: arrogant cowards.
There are many good, positive ways to work to protect the environment. They all involve stepping out, and getting personally involved, with your name and face attached.
From writing letters to claiming a section of highway and cleaning it up, there's more work to do than workers. At the Peanut Patch, we've worked for solid environmental causes.
But turning into destructive raiders isn't the act of someone who cares about Planet Earth, the environment, or anything else. Instead, it's the act of those who would be self-anointed Darth Vaders, claiming the right to destroy at will.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
FEMA Trailers: New Orleans Mayor Wants to Keep Them for Katrina Victims; Cigarette Smoke Also a Source of Formaldehyde
Some background on the FEMA trailers moved in for Katrina victims: the same units have been used to house U.S. troops for some time now. Although many are demanding that FEMA provide better housing than the trailers, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin argues for keeping them rather than displace people again.
At issue: the potential toxicity of formaldehyde, used in the manufacture of trailer particleboard components. Ironically, trailers and recreational vehicles (RVs) made of the same components are still for sale to paying customers on lots around the U.S.
Many Katrina victims have joined in lawsuits demanding payment because they were exposed to formaldehyde in FEMA-provided trailers. One of the major ways that people are exposed to formaldehyde: cigarette smoking.
In settings that are not smoke-free, the air can have three times the normal levels of this poison. Formaldehyde is one of the substances in tobacco smoke most likely to cause diseases in the lungs and airways.
The chemical is suspected of causing cancer in humans, and it also is known to produce allergic reactions and asthma-like conditions, lightheadedness, dizziness, diminished coordination, itching eyes, dry and sore throats, disturbed sleep, unusual thirst and harmful disease in humans. Formaldehyde exposure can also occur from glue, paper products, cosmetics, deodorants, shampoos, fabric dyes and permanent-press fabrics, inks, disinfectants, air deodorizers and carpet deodorizers.
FEMA bought most of the trailers off the same lots that trailer and RV shoppers use. Recently, a legal expert said that dealers who sold the trailers to FEMA probably will be safe from legal claims.
It's unknown whether or not smokers, or those who live with them, could prove that any potential damages from formaldehyde occurred only from FEMA-provided trailers.
At issue: the potential toxicity of formaldehyde, used in the manufacture of trailer particleboard components. Ironically, trailers and recreational vehicles (RVs) made of the same components are still for sale to paying customers on lots around the U.S.
Many Katrina victims have joined in lawsuits demanding payment because they were exposed to formaldehyde in FEMA-provided trailers. One of the major ways that people are exposed to formaldehyde: cigarette smoking.
In settings that are not smoke-free, the air can have three times the normal levels of this poison. Formaldehyde is one of the substances in tobacco smoke most likely to cause diseases in the lungs and airways.
The chemical is suspected of causing cancer in humans, and it also is known to produce allergic reactions and asthma-like conditions, lightheadedness, dizziness, diminished coordination, itching eyes, dry and sore throats, disturbed sleep, unusual thirst and harmful disease in humans. Formaldehyde exposure can also occur from glue, paper products, cosmetics, deodorants, shampoos, fabric dyes and permanent-press fabrics, inks, disinfectants, air deodorizers and carpet deodorizers.
FEMA bought most of the trailers off the same lots that trailer and RV shoppers use. Recently, a legal expert said that dealers who sold the trailers to FEMA probably will be safe from legal claims.
It's unknown whether or not smokers, or those who live with them, could prove that any potential damages from formaldehyde occurred only from FEMA-provided trailers.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Tungurahua Volcano: Massive Eruption Expected, Ecuador Evacuates 10 villages Near Quito
Tungurahua became active again in 1999. Prior to that, the volcano's last major eruptions had occurred in the early 1900's. The volatile volcano routinely causes earthquake tremors in the surrounding areas. Scientists say that energy is building up for an extraordinary eruption in the near future.
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