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'60 Minutes': Crew comes under attack (Part 4)

Scott Pelley and his crew are attacked and threatened with violence by area gangsters who don't want the e-waste story told.

Tags: Crew, E-waste, Attack, CBS, 60 Minutes, toxic waste, Scott Pelley, gangsters

Videos 2008-11-10

'60 Minutes': Toxins inside your computer (Part 3)

Scientists discuss e-waste, the fastest-growing component of the municipal waste stream worldwide, and the impact it has on those whose lives depend on it.

Tags: Toxin, E-waste, Computer, Productivity, CBS, 60 Minutes, toxic waste, Scott Pelley, lead

Videos 2008-11-10

'60 Minutes': Walking through a toxic village (Part 2)

Piles of electronics blanket the Chinese countryside waiting to be recycled.

Tags: Minute, Electronics, CBS, 60 Minutes, toxic waste, Scott Pelley

Videos 2008-11-10

'60 Minutes': Cleaning up recycling (Part 1)

Scott Pelley takes a tour of GRX, a Denver electronic waste recycling company, that is a member of 'E-Stewards.' That's a stringent program run by a watchdog group, The Basel Action Network, to certify ethical recyclers who do not ship their toxic materials overseas.

Tags: Recycling, Scott Pelley, CBS, 60 Minutes, toxic waste

Videos 2008-11-10

Additional Resources

Nuclear power has political meltdowns

Nuclear power has political meltdownsNo surprises.It was a government run entity. Of course it was overrunning costs. That's what government entities do.Nuclear waste is way less toxic than your current nemesis: coal ash heaps. It's just that people have been successfully indoctrinated to think that nuclear radiation is the most...

Tags: Nuclear Waste, nuclear energy, political meltdown, reactor, meltdown, government, nuclear waste

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Waxman-Markey bill set for vote in U.S. House

Waxman-Markey bill set for vote in U.S. HouseCap & Trade is corrupted from the get-goWithin a dozen years we'll revisit the whole concept and maybe do it right.Or...Try to work the unworkable until the die-off kicks in.RE: Waxman-Markey bill set for vote in U.S. HouseI'm sure the White House support...

Tags: Waxman-Markey, U.S. House, carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Is there a green fossil fuel?

The natural gas interests are interested in the being the first choice fuel in the American future. A report just issued from the Potential Gas Committee sure makes natural gas look like the best potential fuel for generating electricity in coming decades. The U.S. is actually adding to...

Tags: Coal, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Natural Gas Interest, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Green storage has limited ROI, but supports overall efficiency

Green storage has limited ROI, but supports overall efficiencyI sure hope you're wrong.Nobody pollutes more than poor people. After decades of communism, most of Eastern Europe was left a toxic waste dump. People who live at near subsistence levels really don't care about their impact upon the environment;...

Tags: ROI/TCO, ROI, storage

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Open letter to all HR software vendors

HR products haven’t really evolved much the last decade. Sure, many have changed their business and delivery models to become SaaS software as a service vendors but the functionality is still little changed from the 1990s. Yes, I know that talent management has seen some changes over the last few...

Tags: Human Resources, Boss, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Greenpeace guest post: Time for real IT Leadership in tackling Climate Change

When Greenpeace first started campaigning on the electronics sector in 2005 we wanted to see companies change the way that products were made, used and disposed of to tackle the massive amounts of toxic e-waste being dumped in developing countries. by James Farrar

Tags: Greenpeace, Information Technology, Electronics, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Would you go the extra mile to get rid of an old computer responsibly?

Would you go the extra mile to get rid of an old computer responsibly?The dump works good for me....Throw it away and be done, I have heard enough about how the earth is ending and if we do not stop eating meat, driving, using A/C we are all doomed.I can't...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, extra mile, old computer, computer

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

E-waste watchdogs have hackles up over proposed bill

E-waste watchdogs have hackles up over proposed billRegarding E-waste, this just shows ushow out of touch MS are when they think they can force Vista down everybody's face and make them buy bigger hardware for no benefit.Markets that create toxic waste etc should never be artificially driven.

Tags: E-waste

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Veggie food v. global warming

Veggie food v. global warmingWhat is next breathing......ENOUGH already, I am sick to death of hearing about this made up lie to control what people drive, what they eat, how much energy they use to now meat!Good grief, there is NO proof of any of this except an agenda being...

Tags: global warming, Veggie food, Veggie, meat, food

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Fusion, or confusion?

Fusion, or confusion?Fusion could be feasibleThere are a few very steep problems to over come in terrestrial fusion. The biggest I have heard of was creating a field capable of forming a dense sphere of hydrogen. In space gravity over a long period of time causes a mass of hydrogen...

Tags: hydrogen, environmentalist, fusion, fusion reaction

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

From Blackberry to Greenberry: RIM Goes Green at CeBIT

Even with attendance and exhibitor numbers down CeBIT this week was still full steam ahead on green. Luis Neves, Head of Sustainability at Deutsche Telekom and Chairman of the Global eSustainability Initiative GESI, during his keynote announced GESI's newest member will be Research In Motion, maker of the Blackberry. GESI is...

Tags: Sustainability, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, GESI, Sustainability Performance, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-03-07

Believe in evolution? Edison, incandescent, flourescent, halogen, LED, then OLED

From staid and traditional industries the once-separate world of flat screens and lighting have merged to form one of the most exciting frontiers of innovation and new tech. CRTs are now museum pieces. Cathode ray tubes? Supported by both corporate and consumers' desire to save on energy bills and save...

Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Organic Light-emitting Diode, OLED-A, OLEDS, OLED Screen, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Rationalizing green concerns vs. fiduciary responsibilities

Forrester Research has published what could be rightly termed a policy paper about the role of IT leadership in helping create a truly Green Enterprise. The report is meant to help CIOs think beyond how to make their information technology infrastructure greener although remains very important. The Green Enterprise requires...

Tags: Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Green Enterprise, Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-02-18

ALM Software Solutions for Green IT

Being a responsible corporate citizen today means more than reducing smokestack emissions and toxic waste. There must be a concerted effort to further reduce damaging carbon emissions throughout the enterprise. As such, visionary organizations are building a business case for using renewable energy sources for designing and producing energy efficient...

Tags: Green IT, Software Solutions Inc., Application Management, It Services

White papers 2009-02-01

Not only green, efficient, but now cheaper

Not only green, efficient, but now cheaperNice, I use leds in my treehouseThey fit in MR-16 compatible fixtures wired to regular wall switches.They're wired to my 6v dc batteries to make 12v and last for days without running the generator -which sips gas at a cost of about 200 per...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

New U.S. energy triumverate now in power

New U.S. energy triumverate now in powerEnergy independence....will be achieved when the govt gets OUT of the energy industry. How can some lawyer/senator be the expert on energy production?These are the same people who, prior to the election, said they weren't banning clean coal, but that companies would go bankrupt...

Tags: Personal finance, Clean Coal, New U.S. energy, New U.S., formulation

Discussion threads 2009-01-21