Title: Groups U.S and China on Carbon
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/science/earth/04carbon.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Date Published: Nov 3,2009
Source: New York Times
Author: Edward Wong
Summary: This article is about the Obama Administration and China and the issute of climate change. They say they should support the use of carbon capture technology and the creation of au market for carbon. President Obama is scheduled for his trip to China this month. Developing C.C.S technology is critical to alleviating climate change the reason being is because the United States and China are the two biggest green house gas emmiters in the world." more substatial funding from both the Chinese government and international sources are critical in order to deploy and improve C.C.S technologies and thus reduce the cost involved."
critique:I thought this article was very interesting i never knew that China and the United States burned so much coal. i think i learned a lot and the author did a very good job on writing this article.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Callie's blog*****
Title: Thirsty plant dries out Yemen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/middleeast/01yemen.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Date published: October 31,2009
Source: New York Times
Date: November 4,2009
Author: Robert F. Worth
Summary: This article is about a plant called a Qat. which is a nartcotic plant that men and some women chew. This plant is drying out Yemen and leaving the water wells dry.
Critique: I thought that this article was interesting because you don't really read about how a plant is the source of water loss in a counrty. so it caught my attention.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/middleeast/01yemen.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Date published: October 31,2009
Source: New York Times
Date: November 4,2009
Author: Robert F. Worth
Summary: This article is about a plant called a Qat. which is a nartcotic plant that men and some women chew. This plant is drying out Yemen and leaving the water wells dry.
Critique: I thought that this article was interesting because you don't really read about how a plant is the source of water loss in a counrty. so it caught my attention.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Callie's blog
Title: China- U.S group plans to build Texas Wind Farm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/business/energy-environment/30wind.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1256911354-zg2SjVVZHWMsAQopgbro8A
Source: The New York Times
Date Published: 10/29/09
Author: John Collins Rudolf
Summary: Chinese and American companies announced a joint venture on thursday to build a 600 mega-watt farm. Building the farm will cost $1.5 billion it will be financed by Chinese banks with the help of a loan by the United States Government. The farm will be built on 36,000 in west Texas. Other partners include the U.S renewable Energy Group, an investment firm and a wind farm developer.
I thought this article but it was packed with a a bunch of needed infomation to understand the article. i would give thsi article 4 stars
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/business/energy-environment/30wind.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1256911354-zg2SjVVZHWMsAQopgbro8A
Source: The New York Times
Date Published: 10/29/09
Author: John Collins Rudolf
Summary: Chinese and American companies announced a joint venture on thursday to build a 600 mega-watt farm. Building the farm will cost $1.5 billion it will be financed by Chinese banks with the help of a loan by the United States Government. The farm will be built on 36,000 in west Texas. Other partners include the U.S renewable Energy Group, an investment firm and a wind farm developer.
I thought this article but it was packed with a a bunch of needed infomation to understand the article. i would give thsi article 4 stars
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Title: Carefully cleaning up the garbage at Los Alamos
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/us/24alamos.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Source: New York Times U.S
Date published: Oct 23,2009
auhtor: Michael cooper
Summary: This article is about a team of worker who cleaning up a 65 year old six acre dump which was used by scientist to build the worlds first atomic bomb. The dump has become $6 billion stimulus program to clean up the toxic legacy of the arms race.Nearly 73,000 people have signed up for the stimulus jobs cleaning up the nulcear sites.
i thought the article was a little boring, but i can tell the author put a lot of hard work into the article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/us/24alamos.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Source: New York Times U.S
Date published: Oct 23,2009
auhtor: Michael cooper
Summary: This article is about a team of worker who cleaning up a 65 year old six acre dump which was used by scientist to build the worlds first atomic bomb. The dump has become $6 billion stimulus program to clean up the toxic legacy of the arms race.Nearly 73,000 people have signed up for the stimulus jobs cleaning up the nulcear sites.
i thought the article was a little boring, but i can tell the author put a lot of hard work into the article.
Friday, October 16, 2009
callie barrett 10/16/09
Title: Even Rabbit Droppping count in Nuclear Clean Up
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15rabbit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published:Oct 14,2009
Author: Matthew L. Wald
Summary: Almost any animal capable of setting off a Geiger Counter. It's dropping alone could bed enough to set off an alarm.Helicopter flights which covered 18.7 square miles and were paid with for with 300.000 in federal stimilus money it took place in an area that have nevre been used for bomb makers. The rabbits themselves are the main target in this program. the mice and badgers picked it up the coyotes feed on the contaminated anminals. Roaming rabbits count for the overwhelming bulk of the radioactive excrement.
Critque: i thought this was a very good article and i thought it was very well written and i thought the author did a very good job. and i thought the article was interesting. i would give it ****(4) stars
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15rabbit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published:Oct 14,2009
Author: Matthew L. Wald
Summary: Almost any animal capable of setting off a Geiger Counter. It's dropping alone could bed enough to set off an alarm.Helicopter flights which covered 18.7 square miles and were paid with for with 300.000 in federal stimilus money it took place in an area that have nevre been used for bomb makers. The rabbits themselves are the main target in this program. the mice and badgers picked it up the coyotes feed on the contaminated anminals. Roaming rabbits count for the overwhelming bulk of the radioactive excrement.
Critque: i thought this was a very good article and i thought it was very well written and i thought the author did a very good job. and i thought the article was interesting. i would give it ****(4) stars
Thursday, October 15, 2009
callies blog 10/15/09
Title: Cable Channel will get New Wildlife focus
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business/media/16fox.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1255702275-xC049RH+kRl2PUHz0jRwEQ
Published: Oct 15,2009
Author: Bill Carter
Source: New York Times
Summary: This article was about National Geographic annoucing that they would start a new program that would focus on the natural history of wildlife. "The programming is friendly, it's advertiser friendly and it's very appealing to the operator community because it will be on high def and V.O.D( Videos on Demand)", Mr, Battista said. The ratings have grown, the channnel now averages 200,000 to 250,000 viewers at night.
Crtique: i think article was good fot the most par, but they has too many quotes in the article but it was good and interesting for the most part.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business/media/16fox.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1255702275-xC049RH+kRl2PUHz0jRwEQ
Published: Oct 15,2009
Author: Bill Carter
Source: New York Times
Summary: This article was about National Geographic annoucing that they would start a new program that would focus on the natural history of wildlife. "The programming is friendly, it's advertiser friendly and it's very appealing to the operator community because it will be on high def and V.O.D( Videos on Demand)", Mr, Battista said. The ratings have grown, the channnel now averages 200,000 to 250,000 viewers at night.
Crtique: i think article was good fot the most par, but they has too many quotes in the article but it was good and interesting for the most part.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
blog#2
Title: US Blocks Oil Drilling at 60 Sites in Utah
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/science/earth/09leases.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Date: Oct 8,2009
Source: The New York Times Enviroment
Author: John M. Broder
Summary: This Article say that the Department of the Interior has frozen oil and gas development on 60 of 70 contested drilling sites in Utah. And in January a federlized judge blocked drilling in the ground that the department ahs failed to follow there own procedures for gas and oil extraction. A interior department review team presented Ken Salazar with a recomendation that the drilling be allowed to continue on the 17 of 77 parcels. The leases on the 8 of the parcels should be withdrawn and rhe othoer ones should be subjected for further studying of the possible negative effects that it has a on wildlife, air and water quality
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/science/earth/09leases.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Date: Oct 8,2009
Source: The New York Times Enviroment
Author: John M. Broder
Summary: This Article say that the Department of the Interior has frozen oil and gas development on 60 of 70 contested drilling sites in Utah. And in January a federlized judge blocked drilling in the ground that the department ahs failed to follow there own procedures for gas and oil extraction. A interior department review team presented Ken Salazar with a recomendation that the drilling be allowed to continue on the 17 of 77 parcels. The leases on the 8 of the parcels should be withdrawn and rhe othoer ones should be subjected for further studying of the possible negative effects that it has a on wildlife, air and water quality
Crituque: i think this article had too much uneccecary information in it. it was quite long and some of it didn't make any sense to me. so i would give thios article ** stars. i really didn't knwo what to write about. the author of the article was good to put all that information in there but i think he put a little too much.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Blog #1
Title: Alaska: Beluga Whale Population again on decline
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/us/07brfs-BELUGAWHALEP_BRF.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Source: New York Times U.S
Author The Accosiated Press
Published: Oct.6,2009
Summary:
This article is about the Beluga whale population and how it is declining. "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report shows the munbers have slipped again to 321 animals, down from an estimated 375 animals in 2007 ans 2008."They were listed as endangered under the Federal Endangered Species act also.
Crituque: personally i think the article was a little short, but it did seem to have a lot of good infoemation on the Beluga whale i would give this article *** stars. The author could have put little bit more info on the species of whales too.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/us/07brfs-BELUGAWHALEP_BRF.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Source: New York Times U.S
Author The Accosiated Press
Published: Oct.6,2009
Summary:
This article is about the Beluga whale population and how it is declining. "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report shows the munbers have slipped again to 321 animals, down from an estimated 375 animals in 2007 ans 2008."They were listed as endangered under the Federal Endangered Species act also.
Crituque: personally i think the article was a little short, but it did seem to have a lot of good infoemation on the Beluga whale i would give this article *** stars. The author could have put little bit more info on the species of whales too.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Title: Mudslides Kill Atleast 18 in Easern Sicily
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/world/europe/03sicily.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Source: The New York Times
Published: Oct.2,2009
Author: Jessica Donati
This Article is about a mudslide that killed atleast 18 people, the mudslide was caused by poor and illegal construction. Buildings were destroyed and that left many people wiht out homes and shelter. Emergancy officals said that dogs were being used to find missing people trapped in the mud."According to Italian new agencies about $16 million has dissapeared sice being invested in a security for the area following those floods."
Critique: i think the article was very interesting, but i thought it could of used more or better information on the flood and what people thought about the illegal cunstruction that was going on. And some of the information i thought was just put in there to make the article seem longer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/world/europe/03sicily.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Source: The New York Times
Published: Oct.2,2009
Author: Jessica Donati
This Article is about a mudslide that killed atleast 18 people, the mudslide was caused by poor and illegal construction. Buildings were destroyed and that left many people wiht out homes and shelter. Emergancy officals said that dogs were being used to find missing people trapped in the mud."According to Italian new agencies about $16 million has dissapeared sice being invested in a security for the area following those floods."
Critique: i think the article was very interesting, but i thought it could of used more or better information on the flood and what people thought about the illegal cunstruction that was going on. And some of the information i thought was just put in there to make the article seem longer.
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