Tag: pollution

EPA: Look Beneath the Surface- Don’t Litter

Nice public service announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency about pollution. It doesn’t take much to pick up after ourselves, and to teach our children to do the same.

Our Water: An Ancient Idea

by Evan Belser – The people of Philadelphia must claim what should rightfully be in their control: our riverfronts. Consider the following two excerpts: “By the laws of nature, the following are common to all mankind- the air, running water, the sea, and consequently the shores of the sea. No one, threrefore, is forbidden to…

Riverkeeper: Stop VX Dumping!

VX nerve gas is one ot the most lethal chemicals ever devised by man. A drop on human skin will kill a person within minutes. As a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Treaty in 1997, the U.S. agreed to dispose of the deadly substance. The U.S. Army has plans to dump large quantities of VX nerve gas…