I used to live in Riverside, CA, so I know how bad the smog can get. Here is the money quote: It was the first time since the committee was established under the Clean Air Act nearly 30 years ago that the committee had asked the EPA to change course, according to EPA staffers and …
Here is a letter I received from Dave T, printed in its entirety: Last Fall I discovered Chemists Without Borders when I was preparing to accompany a Rotary group to Ethiopia and Uganda. With the group scheduled to visit several potable water projects being developed by Rotary, I considered taking along water testing kits and …
James E. Hansen, who directs NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies, last week confirmed that 2005 was the warmest year on record, surpassing 1998. Earth’s average temperature has risen nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past 30 years, he noted, and another increase of about 4 degrees over the next century would “imply changes that …
Here is an interesting article on eco-homes in Britain. Are there any innovations like this here in the US? It would be nice to have carbon-neutral homes. And I didn’t realize that cell phone chargers keep on using power even after the phone is charged?! Is this true? Does this happen for car battery chargers, …
I would like to thank Steve for inviting me to Chemists Without Borders. It is wonderful to see these bottom-up efforts towards open science come together and I see a nice opportunity for a synergy with the UsefulChem project. Our efforts are geared towards chemical solutions to current important problems. Thanks to help from Find-A-Drug, …
See some more info about arsenic at: usefulchem weblog Also, we are entering a hyacinth root based arsenic remediation proposal for the Grainger Challenge.
I don’t really know what to make of this, but can I see a show of hands, please??: Are humans responsible for global warming or not? Your comments appreciated, and references would be helpful… ELMO
From OMB Watch EPA recently announced plans to dismantle the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), our nation’s premier tool for notifying the public out about toxic pollution. The TRI annually provides communities with details about the amount of toxic chemicals released into the air, land, and water. The information enables groups and individuals to press companies …
These paragraphs are quoted from ABC News Person of the Week: Nicholas Negroponte has created a $100 laptop, the cheapest in the world. Within a year, tens of millions them will be given free of charge to children in developing countries throughout the world, giving them access to the Internet. “We see education as key …
Chmoogle, a free search engine for open access chemistry information, was just launched. Thanks to Open Access News, SciTech Library Question, and CHMINF-L. Anyone care to comment? How useful is Chmoogle? 犀利士