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As most people are aware these days, Sudan, a country that has undergone so much hardship since it became Africa’s (geographically) largest country on January 1, 1956 is on the cusp of splitting into two. A complex issue anyway one looks at it, with economic and cultural concerns at the forefront. However, for a continent [...]
Did you know that in the paper community, it’s an open secret that recycled paper has a higher carbon footprint than virgin paper? It’s more evidence that things in the environmental world are not always as conventional wisdom would suggest. What factors impact the carbon footprint of recycled paper? transportation of the fiber (distance of [...]
Last Saturday, I had the adventurous experience of dining at Herwig’s Austrian Bistro in State College, PA (“Where Bacon Is an Herb”). After being confronted by a table talker informing me that no takeout boxes would be provided (since I was expected to eat all my food), my friend and I were faced with what [...]
RepRisk (a Swiss-based environmental and social data provider which compiles negative news on companies’ environmental and social performance) released its third annual ranking of the most controversial multinational corporations, SocialFunds.com reported today. See who were the top 10 most environmentally and socially controversial companies of 2010.
I have written before about the Marcellus Shale Debate and water issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing. But a recent report from David B. Caruso of the Associated Press drawing attention to the weak regulation in Pennsylvania surrounding wastewater disposal produced by natural gas drilling really opened my eyes to some of the dangers facing Pennsylvania’s waterways. Caruso [...]
