"Zero Waste" Extreme Recycling is Becoming the Norm

"Zero waste" is recycling to the max.  Nothing gets wasted, only recycled and composted.  Growing out of the environmental movement that has gone mainstream in the last few years is the newest and most...

India Invests In A Cleaner Ganges

India is planning on investing around $3 billion in cleaning the river Ganges, which flows through northern India and Bangladesh. Currently, around 50 percent of Delhi's raw sewage flows straigt into the Ganges. ...

Radioactive waste dump to channel toxins into Lake Ontario

The low-level radioactive waste consolidation process slated for Port Hope, Ontario will create one of the largest nuclear waste sites in Canadian history. The planning process has been happening for a decade...

Mafia Link To Radioactive Waste Dumped In Mediterranean

An unmarked wreck full of radioactive waste was found in the Mediterranen, off the coast of Italy, on Saturday. Prosecutor Bruno Giordano stated that the ship may be proof that the mafia has been sinking nuclear...

EPA ends 26 year delay on regulating coal power plant wastewater

This week, the EPA announced "plans to revise the existing standards for water discharges from coal-fired power plants to reduce pollution and better protect America’s water".  The move comes in the wake of...

Apology to the Little Old Ladies of Wright County Minnesota

" As you recall, over a series of several articles in the past few months, I attempted to get property tax and budget information from my County of residence, Wright County in the State of Minnesota. I was motivated to research and analyze this information due to...

UK – The EIGHT twin-rotor Chinook helicopter controversy.

This failure began in 1995 with their purchase by the MoD from Boeing at £259 million. If this were to be a one-off incident regarding wastage as to tax-payers money then it would be plausible to accept such an error of judgement, however given that this represents a grain...

Scientology goes green for Manchester

MANCHESTER—Representatives of the Church of Scientology in Manchester announced this week the beginning of a new environmental strategy which aims to reduce waste of energy and resources and increase recycling,...

Toxic waste from Britain found in Brazilian ports

1,400 tonnes of toxic waste was found three Brazilian ports. The discovery alarmed the authority and they demanded the take back of the 65 containers as such act violates an international treaty on the movement of hazardous waste. "Police in Brazil are investigating how 1,400...

Brazil anger over toxic UK waste

" Brazilian police are investigating after 64 containers with more than 1,400 tonnes of hazardous UK waste were found in three of the country's ports. The authorities say that among the material which was brought...

America the Beautiful...and full of trash!

     Hello, America!  What an awesome summer and fun in the sun!  Waterparks, beaches, vacations, visits with friends and relatives, fireworks, fishing, and swimming -- hey,...

Toronto CUPE Strike: Near No End at Sight

Update: Mayor Miller Spoke to CNN's host  host Ali Velshi about garbage strike!Quoted from the article National Post: "CNN has done reports on Toronto’s trash situation and the San Francisco Chronicle recently added Toronto to a travel advisory list alongside...

What isn't bought with Green, ends up in Green Bins

North American culture in my opinion is powered by consumerism. Whether it is the jobs we do, the things we eat or the material things we want, they are all related to the consumption of money. We work to gain money to be spent on food, to afford shelter and for whatever we...

History lesson for economists in thrall to Keynes

The following report was published on Progress.org, with this introduction: Will America go the way of former indebted empires? We trim, blend, and append three 2009 articles from: (1) Taxpayers for Common Sense, The WasteBasket: A Bulletin on Wasteful Government Spending,...

The 2009 Minnesota Tax Cut Rally Saturday May 2, 2009

" Just a quick reminder to be sure to attend Saturday’s Tax Cut Rally.  The weather forecast is outstanding — sunny with temperatures in the mid-60s. As I’m sure you are aware, Minnesota is facing a...

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