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Tainted fish donated to food banks
Subtitle reads: “Anglers will compete this weekend to catch breeding fish that will be swimming upstream through areas some say should be a federal Superfund site.” Click on the title of this post for the whole stor犀利士 y. ELMO
China the new GM?!
So now that Detroit is tanking, China hopes to pick up the reins and produce electric cars… (click the title to link to the NY Times story). Unfortunately, they get most of their electricity from COAL! ELMO
YouTube.edu
New YouTube Channel, just for higher ed videos! Thanks, You Tube – Chronicle of Higher Education – and Open Access News. Lots of science lessons here.
How dirty is your power plant?
Here is an interesting link to a site that gauges CO2 output from coal power plants: http://carma.org Apparently, there will be a large demonstration in DC tomorrow, March 2nd. Discuss in comments. ELMO
YouTube Technical Lectures from India’s National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Free lectures from the Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalor. Along with expanding technology, this approach can rapidly advance learning throughout the developing world. Thanks to Subbiah Arunachalam.
Desalination Update
Here is an article from Food and Water Watch (click the title for the link). I would add that I can live without a car or the internet, but we cannot live without water. If you had only enough money to buy a gallon of gas or a gallon of drinking water, which would you …
Chemistry Blog � Blog Archive � Chemistry Dictionary for Word Processors – Version 2.0 (Updated)
The new, open source, Chemistry Dictionary for Word Processors – Version 2.0 (Updated) is now available. It is a free download. This dictionary is over 100,000 chemical terms, is compatible with Open Office and Microsoft Office and doesn’t overwrite your existing dictionaries. There are versions suitable for Windows, Mac and Linux. I’m just checking it …
Desalination in California??!
Here is a good quote from the article today in the SF Chronicle: “We need to change how we relate to water and not just dip straws into whatever water source is close by,” said Coastkeeper Alliance’s Sheehan. “We need to recognize the limitations to the environment and adjust our behavior. If we live in …
Non Profits Hit Hard by Recession
It seems even the Red Cross is having a hard time during these tough financial times. Click on the title for the full story. The sad part is that they spend so much money to help people whose homes have burned down because they were using candles or other nonconventional methods to heat their homes…. …