General Assembly Adopts Resolution Recognizing Access to Clean Water, Sanitation as Human Right
ProtectingWater.com
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“If Only We Could See All Pollution” reposted from Wend magazine’s Greenery page.
In his final throes as “Worst Environmental President Ever,” W shocked the world when he designated nearly 200,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean as conservation areas. According to ocean conservationist and educator Jean-Michel Cousteau
and the above linked Guardian article, it was at a White House presentation on the state of the oceans (read: world) that got Laura Bush turned on to the subject of conservation. Cousteau showed a variety of images from the Pacific Gyre and L became determined–to the dismay of D (Cheney)–to clean up the mess.
This got me thinking–”That’s the problem!” If we could only see pollution then EVERYONE would fight for cleanup and stop polluting at once. It is the simple fact that we cannot see the sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, volatile organic compounds, mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium, and smog-forming particulates (for the most part) that coal-fired power plants fill our air and water (and therefore, us) with that keeps coal surviving and keeps these toxic emissions out of the mainstream carbon eliminating/global warming-related “discussion”.
I wish we could see what’s in our air and water… although, maybe ignorance is bliss…
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Posted in Enviro-Political, Wend Greenery
Tagged 5 Gyres, air pollution, coal, ocean conservation, water pollution
‘Sharks to Man: “Man-Eating Justified”‘ reposted from Wend Magazine’s Greenery page.
Whether we blow ‘em up or defile their home you can see why a shark might decide man is a worthy snack.
More: The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water (short animated video)
Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 12/23/08
EPA Ruling Could Allow 8,000MW of New Coal-Fired Power Plants
Bush Ignores Clean Water Act in New Mountaintop Mining Regs
The Natural Resource Defense Council’s Bush Record
Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 5/9/08
We learned it in Kindergarten–”If you make a mess, CLEAN IT UP!”
Especially if that mess is the gasoline additive MTBE, a possible carcinogen that has leaked into our groundwater. It’s been around since 1979 (ironically, when I was in kindergarten) and is now banned in 23 states, and has not been used by oil companies since 2006.
For more on the 423 million dollar law suit requiring Big Oil to pay big money, check out this article in Grist–after you take a peek at my cartoon, of course…
Posted in Enviro-Political, Favorite, Green Options
Tagged carcinogen, Cartoon, cartoons, courts, Exxon Mobile, Mean Joe Green, MTBE clean up, water pollution
