Archive for July 2009
Nowhere is global warming felt more acutely than in the Himalayas, where ice and snow are retreating
Melting capsNowhere is global warming felt more acutely than in the Himalayas, where ice and snow are retreating. By SAM TAYLOR STANDING in the Himalayan valley of Langtang, Rinjin Dorje Lama remembers where he used to play as a child in the 1960s. “When I was a kid, it was a lot longer,” said Lama,…
Read MoreTrash is not always wasted. It can be recycled or even turned into educational exhibits.
Trash on showTrash is not always wasted. It can be recycled or even turned into educational exhibits. By DAVE COLLINS IN a waterfront industrial area near the Bridgeport line in Stratford, Connecticut, the trucks keep dumping trash and the school buses keep dumping children. Eight-year-old Matt Carlucci is in awe as soon as he walks…
Read MoreA British-based firm insisted for years that its tanker was not to blame for poisoning thousands in West Africa
Toxic ShipmentA British-based firm insisted for years that its tanker was not to blame for poisoning thousands in West Africa. Now proof of its lethal cargo has emerged.By DAVID LEIGH and AFUA HIRSCH ON a July day in 2006, workers at the port in Amsterdam began their usual task of removing “slop” from a ship…
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