Virtual Globetrotting: Pollution

Virtual Globetrotting: Pollution http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2008 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:45:32 -0500 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[Former Oil Tank Field]]>

Former Oil Tank Field
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By: Tyco
@ 2008-10-03 13:45:32
What Exxon leaves behind.]]>

Former Oil Tank Field
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By: Tyco
@ 2008-10-03 13:45:32
What Exxon leaves behind.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/57358/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/57358/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:45:32 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/57358/ 39.27854800 -76.56238000 <![CDATA[Two sinking fishing boats and an oil slick]]>

Two sinking fishing boats and an oil slick

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Two sinking fishing boats and an oil slick
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-09-10 13:22:43]]>

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Two sinking fishing boats and an oil slick
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-09-10 13:22:43]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/56190/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/56190/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:22:43 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/56190/ 27.91252000 -97.13246400 <![CDATA[Nuclear Waste Adventure Trail and Museum]]>

Nuclear Waste Adventure Trail and Museum

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Nuclear Waste Adventure Trail and Museum
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-08-28 11:06:11
It's a seven-story high tomb of radioactive waste. The mountainous site covers 45 acres and stores 1.5 million cubic yards of material. And it's there for you to explore.

The federal government says radiation levels are low enough for people to visit the mountain of nuclear weapons waste it has built and covered in St. Charles County. A building with explanatory exhibits was opened Aug 5, 2002.]]>

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Mount Trashmore
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-08-28 10:56:09
Mount Trashmore Park, also known simply as Mount Trashmore, is a city park located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Mount Trashmore is an example of landfill reuse as its creation consisted of the conversion of an abandoned landfill into a park. The park spans 165 acres (0.67 km²) with hills over 60 feet (18 m) high, over 800 feet (240 m) long. Facilities include four large and 11 small picnic shelters, playground areas, a basketball court, four volleyball areas, parking, vending machines and restrooms. Mount Trashmore Park also has multiple walking trails; a Perimeter Trail that measures 1.95 miles (3.14 km), a Lake Trail that measures 1.45 miles (2.33 km), and a Mountain Trail that measures 1.30 miles (2.09 km). The Lake Trail and the Hill Trail may be combined for a trail measuring 2.75 miles (4.43 km). The park also features two lakes where fishing is permitted. Since its opening in the 1970s, it ranks as the most popular park in Virginia Beach, with attendance of over one million visitors a year.

Mount Trashmore Skate Park is located in the northeast corner of the park, where numerous professional skateboarders have made appearances, including Tony Hawk. The 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m²) skate park features an extensive street course including an above-ground, seven-foot deep bowl. The park also has a competition-sized vert ramp over 13 feet (4.0 m) tall and 40 feet (12 m) wide. On 16 August 2006, a fire damaged a significant portion of the skate park. The skate park was completely rebuilt as of March 2007.]]>

10 million automobile tires
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-06-30 11:45:41
Millions of tires are sitting in the middle of the Sonoran Desert National Monument.

Between 3 million and 10 million of them are stacked in vast piles, lined up in rows more than 10 feet high.

The mounds of discarded rubber - believed to be the largest stockpile in the Southwest.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/52427/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/52427/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:45:41 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/52427/ 33.03348300 -112.38188600 <![CDATA[Big Pile of Something in East St. Louis]]>

Big Pile of Something in East St. Louis
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-04-19 16:41:21
It's East St. Louis, so who knows... I'm guessing it's residue from East St. Louis's industrial past.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49167/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49167/ Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:41:21 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49167/ 38.60694500 -90.18045900 <![CDATA[Black Vultures at a garbage dump in West Palm Beach]]>

Black Vultures at a garbage dump in West Palm Beach

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Black Vultures at a garbage dump in West Palm Beach
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-13 12:41:03]]>

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Black Vultures at a garbage dump in West Palm Beach
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-13 12:41:03]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47499/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47499/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:41:03 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47499/ 26.76986500 -80.13731100 <![CDATA[Sparging (underground pollution removal)]]>

Sparging (underground pollution removal)

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Sparging (underground pollution removal)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-12-08 15:22:44
In chemistry, sparging is a technique which involves bubbling a chemically inert gas, such as nitrogen, argon, or helium, through a liquid. This can be used to remove dissolved gases (e.g. oxygen) from the liquid.

Solvents used in HPLC are often sparged with helium gas.

In chemical engineering, sparging can also be a method to remove low-boiling liquids from a solution. The low-boiling liquids tend to evaporate most quickly, hence it is removed from the bulk solution more quickly than the other components. It is an alternative to distillation, and it does not require heat.

This technique is also used in environmental chemistry to extract the oil contaminants from subsoil water and the ground.]]>

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Recently dumped, still glowing blast furnace slag

Recently dumped, still glowing blast furnace slag
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-09-05 18:04:40
Found by Felippo in the GE Forums.

View this in GE or change the z value down to z=21 to really get a good look at this.

See the discussion and pictures in the link above too.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38448/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38448/ Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:04:40 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38448/ 51.48554400 6.72034700 <![CDATA[Toxic cleanup using bioventing and sparging]]>

Toxic cleanup using bioventing and sparging

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Toxic cleanup using bioventing and sparging
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-07-05 10:13:35
At former Mather Air Force Base.

Air sparging is an in situ technology in which air is injected through a contaminated aquifer. Injected air traverses horizontally and vertically in channels through the soil column, creating an underground stripper that removes contaminants by volatilization. This injected air helps to flush (bubble) the contaminants up into the unsaturated zone where a vapor extraction system is usually implemented in conjunction with air sparging to remove the generated vapor phase contamination. This technology is designed to operate at high flow rates to maintain increased contact between ground water and soil and strip more ground water by sparging. [amiadini.com]

Bioventing is an in situ remediation technology that uses indigenous microorganisms to biodegrade organic constituents adsorbed to soils in the unsaturated zone. Soils in the capillary fringe and the saturated zone are not affected. In bioventing, the activity of the indigenous bacteria is enhanced by inducing air (or oxygen) flow into the unsaturated zone (using extraction or injection wells) and, if necessary, by adding nutrients.

When extraction wells are used for bioventing, the process is similar to soil vapor extraction (SVE). However, while SVE removes constituents primarily through volatilization, bioventing systems promote biodegradation of constituents and minimize volatilization (generally by using lower air flow rates than for SVE). In practice, some degree of volatilization and biodegradation occurs when either SVE or bioventing is used. [EPA]]]>

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Firing up the boilers off Spain
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By: Pdunn
@ 2007-06-04 15:30:02
In most the other views, the ship is at anchor. This one appears to catch her just as she's about to set sail.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34131/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34131/ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:30:02 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34131/ 43.48832200 -3.75640900 <![CDATA[Closed landfill ("dump") ownd by LRI]]>

Closed landfill ("dump") ownd by LRI
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By: jbottero
@ 2007-06-01 15:26:41]]>

Closed landfill ("dump") ownd by LRI
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By: jbottero
@ 2007-06-01 15:26:41]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34036/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34036/ Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:26:41 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34036/ 47.09565500 -122.29090000 <![CDATA[Pollution on Ticino River]]>

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Pollution on Ticino River
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By: Effi
@ 2007-05-18 10:11:04]]>

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Pollution on Ticino River
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By: Effi
@ 2007-05-18 10:11:04]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33043/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33043/ Fri, 18 May 2007 10:11:04 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33043/ 45.34135200 8.87848600 <![CDATA[Oil leaking ship]]>

Oil leaking ship
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By: DonMartini
@ 2007-05-18 08:29:47
This ship is apparently losing oil or maybe some kind of fuel. You can see smaller ships trying to drag the leaking ship out of the harbour.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33036/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33036/ Fri, 18 May 2007 08:29:47 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33036/ 36.80917300 10.29980100 <![CDATA[Giant tent over a radioactive cleanup site]]>

Giant tent over a radioactive cleanup site

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Giant tent over a radioactive cleanup site
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-04-20 10:31:02
(This article was written in 2001 and stated the cleanup would last two years. It looks like it is still going on. At one time, it was one of the most heavily polluted bases in the nation. Cleanup started in the 1980s. As of 2005, it is still ongoing and expected to take at least another decade.)

Five stories high, two football fields long and wider than the state Capitol, the bright white polyester shell will encompass a long-abandoned grave of radioactive waste from a still-secret Cold War mission. The mammoth tent will be a compelling symbol of how big the business of environmental cleanup in the region has become.

The big top will be up for as long as it takes moon-suited workers to unearth, evaluate and ship off an estimated 1,000 corroding steel drums of waste from the 30-foot deep landfill on the west side of the decommissioned Watt Avenue base.

The job probably will take two years, according URS Corp., a global engineering company performing the $38 million cleanup for the McClellan Air Force Base Conversion Agency.

Unlike other toxic burial grounds on the 2,800-acre installation, this two-acre site is largely a mystery to environmental investigators. That's because it contains debris and chemical solutions from a top-secret analytical laboratory that operated nearly 50 years on the base without disclosing the full nature of its work or the substances involved.

"If these drums are crushed and opened, we don't know what will be released," said Ray Lidstrom, URS project manager.

Former lab workers, said Roxanne Yonn, a URS spokeswoman who interviewed several of the technicians, told cleanup officials only that they might uncover any amount of radioactive samples, solutions and tainted lab equipment at various degrees of potency.

Yonn said cleanup crews aren't taking any chances. "We're treating the whole site as radioactive," she said.

The dig will be much like an archaeological excavation. Front-loaders and excavators will gingerly remove dirt in 30-square-foot grids, one foot at a time, to avoid striking and damaging buried drums. Any barrels spotted will be removed carefully with hand shovels, and their contents will be analyzed and inventoried by a laboratory on site.

The $2 million shell of PVC polyester fabric and aluminium frames, which takes three weeks to erect, is designed to keep out wind and rain.

Workers will wear full containment suits equipped with oxygen tanks to avoid potential lethal inhalation of radioactive elements. Air in and around the shell will be monitored for contamination.

Nearly three-quarters of the project's $38 million cost goes toward the transportation and disposal of the waste, officials said. The unearthed soil and drums will be shipped to landfills in Andrews, Texas; Clive, Utah; Barnwell, S.C.; and the federal Department of Energy's Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.

The estimated time and cost of the cleanup mushroomed after URS crews made an unexpected discovery in an exploratory dig of the landfill last August.

Workers found a container of glass laboratory bottles labelled "Pu," for plutonium. Highly poisonous and radioactive, the metallic element is produced in nuclear reactors and is the primary fuel in nuclear weapons.

"Everything was placed on hold," Yonn said.

Air Force officials knew from earlier surveillance that the site contained low-level radioactive waste, presumably from the radium in paint once used to illuminate cockpit gauges and gun sights.

Plutonium, however, came as a complete surprise, Air Force spokesman Lt. Robert Firman said after the discovery.

Firman said the base had no records of the element's use at the military installation, where the chief mission was aircraft maintenance.

The McClellan Central Laboratory, however, had a different mission. That operation was staffed with nuclear scientists and technicians who are still sworn to secrecy about whom they worked for and their chief duties.

The plutonium find, which was locally televised, prompted some former lab workers to inform cleanup officials that the radioactive material probably came from their operation.

"When I first saw that picture (of the bottles), I chuckled, thinking, 'Gee, I wonder whether my fingerprints are still on them,' " said Mike Chinnock of Citrus Heights, a nuclear chemistry technician at the lab from 1966 to 1970.

Chinnock and other lab workers agreed to share certain details with Air Force officials in charge of the cleanup

after getting clearance from unspecified national defense authorities.

"Some workers won't talk at all," Yonn said. Those who did talk divulged enough to convince cleanup officials that the old landfill could contain material much more radioactive than previously thought.

"It made everybody pause," she said."]]>

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Pond Scum
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By: daggerwell
@ 2007-04-13 09:31:19]]>

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Pond Scum
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By: daggerwell
@ 2007-04-13 09:31:19]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31664/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31664/ Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:31:19 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31664/ 37.30774900 -5.94641100 <![CDATA[Nuclear waste being discharged into the ocean]]>

Nuclear waste being discharged into the ocean

Nuclear waste being discharged into the ocean
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-02-18 10:57:52
1983 was the year of the "Beach Discharge Incident" in which high radioactive discharges resulted in the closure of a beach. BNFL received a fine of £10,000 for this discharge. 1983 was also the year in which Yorkshire Television produced a documentary "Windscale: The Nuclear Laundry", which claimed that the low levels of radioactivity that are associated with waste streams from nuclear plants such as Sellafield did pose a non-negligible risk.

In its early days, Sellafield discharged low-level radioactive waste into the sea, using a flocculation process to remove radioactivity from liquid effluent before discharged. Metals dissolved in acidic effluents produced a metal hydroxide flocculent precipitate following the addition of ammonium hydroxide. The suspension was then transferred to settling tanks where the precipitate would settle out, and the remaining clarified liquor, or supernate, would be discharged to the sea. In 1994 the Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant (EARP) was opened. In EARP the effectiveness of the process is enhanced by the addition of reagents to remove the remaining soluble radioactive species. EARP has recently (2004) been enhanced to further reduce the quantities of Tc-99 released to the environment.]]>

Pile chimney at Windscale nuclear accident site

Pile chimney at Windscale nuclear accident site
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-02-18 10:39:44
Following the decision taken in January 1947 for the UK to have an independent nuclear deterent, Sellafield was chosen as the location of the plutonium production plant with the initial fuel load into the Windscale Piles commencing July 1950. By July of 1952 the separation plant was being used to separate plutonium and uranium from spent fuel.

Unlike the early US reactors at Hanford, which consisted of a graphite core cooled by water, the Windscale Piles consisted of a graphite core cooled by air. Each pile contained almost 2000 tonnes of graphite, and measured over 24 feet high by 50 feet in diameter. Fuel for the reactor consisted of rods of uranium metal, approximately 1 foot long by one inch in diameter, and clad in Aluminium.

The piles were shut down following a fire in Pile 1 on 10 October 1957 which destroyed the core and released an estimated 750 terabecquerels (TBq) (20,000 curies) of radioactive material into the surrounding environment, including Iodine-131, which is taken up in the body by the thyroid. Consequently milk and other produce from the surrounding farming areas had to be destroyed. Following the fire Pile 1 was unservicable, and Pile 2, although undamaged by the fire, was shut down as a precaution.

In the 1990s, the UKAEA started to implement plans to decommission, disassemble and clean up, both piles; the decommissioning is now partially complete.]]>

Disposal site for nuclear submarine reactors
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-02-10 01:13:53
Area 200 / Trench 94.

The burial ground contains 138 trenches running north and south. Sixty one of the trenches are 370 meters (960 feet) long, thirty one of the trenches are 293 meters long, and the remaining trenches vary. Trench 94 contains defueled US Navy submarine reactor compartments. The burial ground is marked and radiologically posted.

Waste Description: Trench 94 is oriented in an east-west direction. The reactor compartments are composed of various types of steel and approximately 392 tons of lead shielding.

Hull sections containing defueled reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are put in disposal trenches. In 1986, the Patrick Henry's hull section was the first one placed in Trench 94.

Once full, the trench will be filled with dirt and buried. The compartments are expected to retain their integrity for more than 600 years.

Use of the thick steel submarine hull as a disposal provides extra isolation between the environment and the low-level waste and hazardous lead that remain after the spent nuclear fuel has been removed.

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Oil Seep to Ocean
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-08 09:01:07
Oil seepage to Ocean near Refinery.]]>

Oil Seep to Ocean
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By: KRL
@ 2007-02-08 09:01:07
Oil seepage to Ocean near Refinery.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29008/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29008/ Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:01:07 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29008/ 30.45716400 49.10204200 <![CDATA[Former uranium ore open-cast mining]]>

Former uranium ore open-cast mining
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By: mstoess
@ 2007-01-13 08:49:03
1946 - 1990 the WISMUT company, a german-soviet venture, prospected for uranium ore needed in the soviet nuclear industry at several sites in Thuringia and Saxony. The miners took high health risks. Approx. 5.000 - 15.000 men died of miners lung diseases and radiation induced cancers in the latter years. Surface devastations and rock heaps remain unresolved problems to this day.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28227/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28227/ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:49:03 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28227/ 50.84367100 12.16195100 <![CDATA[Illegal Junk Yard]]>

Illegal Junk Yard
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By: jbottero
@ 2006-12-17 21:17:09]]>

Illegal Junk Yard
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By: jbottero
@ 2006-12-17 21:17:09]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27508/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27508/ Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:17:09 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27508/ 47.90542600 -122.07561000 <![CDATA[Oil slick]]>

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Oil slick
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-12-15 15:40:25]]>

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Oil slick
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-12-15 15:40:25]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27424/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27424/ Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:40:25 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27424/ 45.53980900 -122.69048200 <![CDATA[Old Tires]]>

Old Tires
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By: gamma
@ 2006-12-10 14:07:59]]>

Old Tires
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By: gamma
@ 2006-12-10 14:07:59]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27300/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27300/ Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:07:59 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27300/ 51.22576100 6.82140200 <![CDATA[Giant toxic gas bubbles]]>

Giant toxic gas bubbles
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-16 11:29:54
Plastic membranes used to collect methane leaking from the landfill. Odor control.]]>

Giant toxic gas bubbles
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-16 11:29:54
Plastic membranes used to collect methane leaking from the landfill. Odor control.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24731/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24731/ Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:29:54 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24731/ 51.76018700 -3.33135700 <![CDATA[Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility]]>

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
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By: jbottero
@ 2006-10-13 20:35:48
The Umatilla Chemical Depot is one of eight Army installations in the U.S. that currently store chemical weapons. The chemical weapons stored at the depot consist of various munitions and ton containers, containing GB or VX nerve agents or HD blister agent. The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility is designed for the sole purpose of destroying the chemical weapons stored at the Umatilla Chemical Depot. The facility was completed in 2001.]]>

Zelazny Most
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-10-09 05:35:11
The Zelazny Most is depository of wastes from copper-ore processing. It iis the largest mineral waste repository in Europe. The construction of Żelazny Most began in 1974 and it was in full operation three years later.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24458/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24458/ Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:35:11 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24458/ 51.51194800 16.20071400 <![CDATA[Oil Slick at Pearl Harbor]]>

Oil Slick at Pearl Harbor
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By: voldude123
@ 2006-10-01 16:10:31
This oil spill is probably from oil leaking from a ship or an aircraft at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. The USS Arizona leaks about a quart of oil a day, and a large environmental disaster in the future is feared. As the hull weakens from the pressure and the corrosive nature of salt water, a major realease of oil from the ship could cause the deaths of thousands of marine life, and threaten the extremely endangered population of Hawaiian Monk Seals. The US Navy is researching non-intrusive ways to remove the oil.]]>

Love Canal Site
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By: mikeb9991
@ 2006-09-21 15:04:16
President Carter declared a state of emergency at Love Canal on May 21, 1980 and the EPA agreed to evacuate all Love Canal families temporarily until permanent relocation funds could be secured.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23948/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23948/ Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:04:16 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23948/ 43.08029900 -78.94981400 <![CDATA[Waste Isolation Pilot Plant]]>

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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By: romulusnr
@ 2006-09-10 13:04:25
U.S.'s major storage bunker for military nuclear waste. A project is underway to find ways to inform the next 10,000 years of humanity to keep away from it.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23438/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23438/ Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:04:25 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23438/ 32.37293000 -103.79419300 <![CDATA[Reef Coral Mine]]>

Reef Coral Mine
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By: mgterp
@ 2006-08-15 19:50:22
This fan shaped man-made formation is a reef coral mining operation. This is off the mangrove area off the Ohwa coast on Pohnpei. The coral is mined to supply infill for road-beds and other construction projects. There are alternative natural resources, like rock. Fishing is on the decline off these reefs in the Pohnpei atol and this fragile fishing eco-system is in jeopardy.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/22656/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/22656/ Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:50:22 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/22656/ 6.92080300 158.33066900 <![CDATA[Niederaussem Power Station]]>

Niederaussem Power Station
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By: bubaonline
@ 2006-08-15 18:18:27
The power plant's capacity
of 3,900 megawatt (MW) is distributed across
nine units, the largest and most modern being
the lignite-fired power station with optimized
plant engineering (BoA). With its efficiency
of 43.2 %, it has chalked up a new all-time
high for power generation from lignite.
(Source
Niederaussem Power Station is No. 10 of Europe's Dirty 30 (worst climate polluting) power stations.]]>

Ordot Landfill<