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Microscopic plastic beads from skin care products showing up in the Great Lakes and elsewhere.

The Wall Street Journal has a nice interactive feature called Waste Lands: America's forgotten nuclear legacy that includes maps and details on the history and current status of Manhattan Project sites.

From The Guardian, a very cool article on Steward Brand, founder of The Whole Earth Catalog (and much more).

The Environmental Working Group looks through government reports for evidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in various meats. They find it.

A five minute video about the ZENN Car, an electric vehicle made in Canada. ZENN stands for Zero Emission, No Noise.

I continue my effort to downsize; please help me Get Rid of Stuff!.

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The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: `What good is it?' If the land mechanism as a whole is good, then every part is good, whether we understand it or not. If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.
~Aldo Leopold ~

Almanac

Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act on 11 December 1980.

Commonly known as Superfund, the act established a tax on certain industries, the proceeds from which are used to investigate and clean up hazardous waste sites.

Superfund sign at Ninth Avenue Dump in Gary Indiana

The Act created a National Priorities List (NPL) that includes some of the worst hazardous waste sites in the nation, and the Act focuses Superfund resources on those sites.

Superfund has its share of problems and critics, but it has enabled valuable work at many sites.