Nearly 40 years after the first Earth Day, this is irony: The United States has reduced the manmade pollutants that left its waterways dead, discolored and occasionally flammable. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Washington Post , David Fox (f), Kaizar Campwala (f)
In recent decades, livestock raising has shifted to a smaller number of large farms. At these places, with thousands of hogs or hundreds of thousands of chickens, the old ... More »
In recent decades, livestock raising has shifted to a smaller number of large farms. At these places, with thousands of hogs or hundreds of thousands of chickens, the old ... More »
I could not tell if this was good. After the first page, the WaPo site would only show an advertizement for oil and gas drilling, which has its own problems of chemical contamination of the water table. From the first page, however, the allusion to "family farms" is largely a myth; they are mostly dead and replaced by agribusiness owned by large corporations. The waste is also polluted by antibiotics and growth hormones that cause sexual changes in humans and in creatures that live in and around the water.
It definitely needs more sources to go with all the facts about air pollutants and dead zones. Other than that it seems fair, seeing that "crushing new costs for farmers" is obviously the only reason why farmers haven't started to mass regulate their manure.
The picture is disgusting. I think environmentalists have informed politicians and the like for years that cows are the largest producers of methane. Seeing how this problem literally stinks, I can only hope that once it becomes that much of a problem even regular people will be nagging their politicians to enact legislation that regulates this somehow.
An air pollutant that causes acid rain has been cut by 56 percent. By one measure, the output from sewage plants got 45 percent cleaner. More »
This story brought to light a subject that isn't discussed very much. We all know the common things that contribute to global warming, but I had never thought that an excess of manure could also be a problem. I find this story to be well written and informative.
It's interesting to think about how even when we get rid of certain pollutants, the others that we dont focus on become a larger issue than those we have focused on. The whole idea of the recursion of problems between humans and our environment intrigues many people and some who have dedicated their lives to figure out how best to balance all the issues at once will certainly be the heroes of our time.
This is a well written article with a lot of information that most people probably did not know was even as issue. With mention of the Obama administration and other current things, readers can expect to hear more about this issue in the near future.
The article brings attention to a relatively unknown problem. However, it also seems a little unprofessional in the lighthearted way it presents this serious topic.
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