The Climate Message: Roger Aldridge
Roger Aldridge, Maryland, USA
Tag: rivers
Smack Dab In The Middle With You
Another day, another oil spill, shutting down a substantial stretch of the Mississippi River around New Orleans. The spill occurred on Saturday when a barge carrying oil crashed into a tugboat between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Authorities closed the stretch of river on Sunday and still can’t say exactly how much oil was spilled, […]
Addiction Breeds Sociopathy. It Also Kills Turtles. Have A Nice Day.
Duke Energy’s accidental release of thousands of pounds of coal ash into North Carolina’s Dan River is doing damage far more profound than anyone imagined. This is the time of winter hibernation for turtles, who nest in the river bed. Waking up to find their homes filled with choking poison, they are crawling onto the […]
North Carolina Fails Its Citizens…Again
Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose, right? When a coal plant on North Carolina’s Dan River spilled a massive amount of coal ash last week, the state officials in charge of the environment said at the time that arsenic levels in the water were nothing to get worried about. Whoops: N.C. environmental […]
River, Stay Away From My Door
Shortsightedness, greed, and the pressures of an expanding population brought about a concentration of pollution in Indonesia’s Citarum River that is unrivaled anywhere else in the world. The higher cost of fuel in the 1970s forced businesses to cut expenses. Identifying cheaper labor was one avenue for companies to improve their profit and loss statements. […]