Environment
Vagabondish: Bush Creates New Marine Preserves
Photo by tarotastic
Over on Vagabondish, I wrote about President Bush creating three new marine preserves in the Pacific Ocean.
America’s Most Contaminated Nuclear Site Becomes National Historic Landmark
The B Reactor at Hanford, WA
Photo by sagebrush photography
A news piece of mine titled America’s Most Contaminated Nuclear Site Becomes National Historic Landmark was just posted by Ethical Traveler.
The Hanford B reactor, in Washington state, supplied the plutonium for the bomb that was dropped on [...]
Machu Picchu: Threatened by Tourism?
A news piece of mine titled Machu Picchu: Threatened by Tourism? was just posted by Ethical Traveler.
Deforestation, landslides, and urban development are threatening the site. The number of visiting tourists has more than doubled in the last ten years and is now at around 800,000 people.
Rivers Set Free: 5 Dam Removal Projects to Visit in 2008
My article on dam removals was just published by the fine folks at The Traveler’s Notebook. It is titled Rivers Set Free: 5 Dam Removal Projects to Visit in 2008.
Dam Removals
I have been working on an article on dam removals and I wanted to share some of my research.
To find out which dams near you have been removed (or are slated for removal), try searching through this document available from American Rivers:
If you want to scare yourself, look at the 2006 deficiency statistics.
As [...]
