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Posts tagged pollution
Birds Killed by Canadian Tar Sands Projects At Least Seven Times Greater Than Official Stats Show
08 september 2010
photo: Ramanathan Kathiresa via flickr
Another study detailing the negative environmental effects of continued tar sands development in Canada, and how independent review finds much greater impact that either the industry or government cares to acknowledge: The latest issue of The Wilson Journal of... [continue]
Political Squabbling Holds $500 Million of BP's Pledged Research Money in Limbo
08 september 2010
photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service via flickr
While BP just concluded that a whole slew of missteps led to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent Gulf Gusher, so it seems a whole bunch of political squabbling seems to be holding up distribution of some $500 million in research money pledged... [continue]
BP's Deepwater Horizon Accident Report Disperses Blame, Glosses Over Big Questions
08 september 2010
BP has just released it's report on the events leading up to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent record-breaking oil spill. As was expected, BP attempts to spread blame across all the companies involved and says "a complex and interlinked series of mechanical failures, human... [continue]
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07 september 2010
baskill posted a photo:
Light pollution of Eastbourne, from Warren Hill (short exposure). [continue]
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07 september 2010
baskill posted a photo:
Light pollution of Eastbourne, from Warren Hill (short exposure - the pupil of the eye closes to prevent it being blinded by the inefficient lights, resulting in the stars disappearing). [continue]
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07 september 2010
baskill posted a photo:
Light pollution of Eastbourne, from Warren Hill. [continue]
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07 september 2010
baskill posted a photo:
Light pollution of Eastbourne, from Warren Hill (long exposure, showing why the pupils in your eyes close up in order to prevent you from being blinded by inefficient lighting) [continue]
IMG_5642
07 september 2010
baskill posted a photo:
Light pollution of Eastbourne, from Warren Hill (short exposure - as it looks to the human eye, the pupil of which closes up to prevent damage. Note the lack of stars due to the light pollution). [continue]
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07 september 2010
baskill posted a photo:
Light pollution of Eastbourne, from Warren Hill (long enough exposure for a few stars to be visible over the blinding sight of inefficient lighting). [continue]