Around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, a vessel carrying nearly 100,000 gallons of petroleum products were reportedly struck a submerged object and sunk in the Mississippi River. The boat sank near the Quad Cities-area community of LeClaire releasing oil into the water. The Stephen L. Colby was a 154 feet long and 40 feet wide vessel […]
Category: Environment
Puerto Rico's Famed Glowing Bay Lost Its Glow — Why?
For decades, people have traveled from all over the world to take a boat tour through what they call a glowing bay off of the northeast coast of Puerto Rico. Running your hands through the water, the dark depths become glowing greenish swirls that trail through the water. This bay is a very popular tourist […]
Black Widow Spiders Found In Grapes Across The Country
Let’s face it- spiders are one of those insects that fall close to the top of the list of things you don’t want to find in your fruit when washing them. For several unsuspecting customers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin, that is just what they found. Not only were spiders found, these spiders were […]
Story Of Stuff: We Are Winning The Wrong Game (VIDEO)
The Story of Stuff series of videos have educated us all on how much stuff we use and how it effects our environment and economy. This video — The Story of Solutions — asks a simple question: what if we changed the goal from ‘more’ to ‘better‘? That simple question actually proposes a radical change to […]
Japan Begins Renewable Energy Quest With Wind Turbines
In the wake of the disastrous shortcomings of Japan’s nuclear power plant in Fukushima, the government is turning to safer and more renewable resources to begin giving back the enormous amount of power lost after the earthquake. On Monday, Japan switched on the first wind turbine, which is located in a wind farm about twelve […]
Train Carrying Crude Oil In Alabama Derails And Explodes
Train travel and the use of railways for transporting supplies have been under scrutiny for quite a while because of the amount of pollutants and greenhouse gases the system emits. Now, there is room for even more attention since the railway transportation of crude oil has gone from just over five thousand in 2007 […]