Photo Credit: AP Photo On this day in 1989 the oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled over 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska. I’ve seen varying estimates of how much oil was spilled, but I have read most estimates are low balled and I wouldn’t be surprised if they were. I know […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: “Lisa Simpson’s Wallpaper” by pleasingfalsetto According to pcworld.com teens may have built your iPhone. Apparently this news was disclosed by Apple itself on its website in a section of their site called “Supplier Responsibility”. But I don’t own an iPhone and I thought I might be in the clear. Of course I wasn’t. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Monday the Obama administration was welcomed to what is possibly the most important conference on climate change ever in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference aims to create an international accord on climate to replace the Kyoto protocol which expires in 2012. The conference also featured speeches from representatives of countries that are endangered by rising […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Believe it or not some people are allergic to their homes. Bad reactions to chemicals used in the building materials is usually to blame. There is a recent wave of bad reactions to homes in the U.S. lately and homeowners are blaming drywall from China. For some this isn’t surprising because of the toxic toys […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
