VBS.tv does another spectacular documentary with this piece on Linfen. This is part 1. To see the rest, check out their site or follow this link:
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/community-news/china-pollution-88081801?src=rss
Entries Tagged as 'Pollution'
Linfen - The most polluted city on Earth
September 14th, 2008 · No Comments
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Traffic Jam Pictures and Avoidance Advice
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Traffic jams really capture the essence of humanity’s absurd systems of living. Rather than cooperate to build infrastructure that may have a large up front cost but long term benefits, many cities continue to pursue the “have 10,000 engines running at once going 1 km/h model” of transportation planning. It’s such a simple problem to [...]
Sea Turtle
August 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Sea turtles (Superfamily Chelonioidea) are turtles found in all the world’s oceans except the Arctic Ocean. There are seven living species of sea turtles: flatback, green, hawksbill, Kemp’s Ridley, leatherback, loggerhead and olive ridley. The East Pacific subpopulation of the green turtle was previously classified as a separate species, the black turtle, but DNA evidence [...]
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Ganges River Pollution
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
The Ganges is a major river in the Indian subcontinent flowing east through the eponymous plains of northern India into Bangladesh. The 2,510 km (1,557 mi) river begins at the Gangotri Glacier in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, in the central Himalayas, and drains into the Bay of Bengal through its vast delta in the [...]
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22/8: The Jeffrey Luers Story
July 24th, 2008 · No Comments
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Chernobyl Explosion
July 24th, 2008 · No Comments
The Chernobyl disaster, or simply Chernobyl, was a nuclear reactor accident in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union. It was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history and the only instance so far of level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale, resulting in a severe release of radioactivity into the [...]
Baiji River Dolphin
July 24th, 2008 · No Comments
The Baiji is a freshwater dolphin found only in the Yangtze River in China. Nicknamed “Goddess of the Yangtze” in China, the dolphin was also called Chinese River Dolphin, Yangtze River Dolphin, Whitefin Dolphin and Yangtze Dolphin. It is not to be confused with the Chinese White Dolphin. The 2007 IUCN Red List classifies the [...]
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Delhi’s Deadly Pollution
July 24th, 2008 · No Comments
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Earth’s 10 Worst Current Environmental Disasters
July 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Being a human being in the year 2008 is kind of like waking up naked in a ditch after a long night of hard partying only to discover that you’ve burned your house down, spent your childrens’ college fund on blow and – surprise! – there’s a dead hooker beside you. Somehow, “whoops!” just doesn’t [...]
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EnCana Water on Fire
July 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Photo by Will Andruschack.
“When Lighting Your Water on Fire Isn’t a Magic Trick
Jessica Ernst lives in the village of Rosebud, Alberta, East of Calgary. EnCana, a big oil & gas company, is operating close to her house. The photo above speaks for itself.”
Read on for her story.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/alberta-oil-gas-encana-water-on-fire-photo.php
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