Current Events: January 21, 2010

New Rule Would Bar Illegal Fishing Vessels From Ports

by Colin Miner

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/new-rule-would-bar-illegal-fishing-vessels-from-ports/

January 19, 2010

There has been a law passed internationally that would ask for the decline of illegal fishing. There have been many boats recorded that have taken part in illegal fishing, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is trying to crack down on the industry. There are fish in high demand that are being captured as a result from this and that is not fair to the fish, especially if they are endangered the integrity and the environment. i really like this law to be passed, becasue the environment gets a lot of heat for not reason because humans have to have everything. we should learn to share with the other inhabitants of this earth.

Current Events: January 14, 2010

China Tries a New Tack to Go Solar

by Keith Bradsher

Januray 8, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/energy-environment/09solar.html?ref=earth

China is already on the way to being one of the world leaders for using wind energy, nuclear energy, and photovoltaic energy. But now since the energy crisis is more relevant more than ever, China has decided to look into the solar energy field. The way this works is for mirrors to capture the rays of sunlight and convert them into energy, it is an alternative way to use electricity. The only problem that China has is that the most sunny place in the country is the desert within the interior of the country. And not many people live in the desert, which makes it difficult for the rays to be captured and converted. I like the path in which China is going, but they need to think of a way to get a hold of this energy. They need it now more than ever.

Current Events: January 7, 2010

Large Oil Spill Reported in China

By David Barboza
Published: January 3, 2010

SHANGHAI — A large oil spill in northwest China has heavily polluted a tributary of the Yellow River, and threatens to reach one of the country’s longest and most important sources of water.

There was a leak of a pipeline in China that contaminated the Yellow River on a large scale. The cause of the leak is unknown, but there have been actions taken to remove the contaminated materials in the area. I like what China is doing about this whole situation, because the officials are at least getting rid of the material that would cause harm for the people further down the river. The problem i do have with this whole thing is where are they putting the material that's contaminated? They obviously aren't putting it somewhere were it will disappear so it needs to be somewhere in the country. This doesn't sit right with me because other land will be infected with this, and the environment will pay the price too. China is doing the right thing, but they can improve on what they are doing. Maybe they can convert the contaminated stuff into other things to put less stress on the environment.