Free Talk Live - pollution

US Air Force fuel leak goes unnoticed for 40 years.

ddpaulbell — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:40:28 +0000

Here in Albuquerque we may not have water for much longer.

Salt Lake City: Mayor to outlaw idling vehicles

joshkm — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:49:51 +0000

The evidence is shocking when viewed from the Salt Lake Valley’s canyons: A brown stew of stagnant air swallowing clean air and stealing views like a suffocating shroud. That gunky blanket, seen especially during steamy summer months and winter inversions, is nearly as visible from the valley floor. And it has persuaded Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker to fight back. He wants to outlaw vehicle idling (beyond two minutes) as a means to cleanse the air.

Malawi's Controversial Ban on Public Farting

pmfalcon — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:38:47 +0000

The law will be enforced in a similar way to that banning public urination, with local chiefs tasked with bringing noxious gasbags to justice. However, the minister has been challenged by the solicitor general, who says that the justice minister's interpretation of the offending Local Courts Bill clause is taking the piss. Said clause declares: "Any person who vitiates the atmosphere in any place so as to make it noxious to the public to the health of persons in general dwelling or carrying on business in the neighbourhood or passing along a public way shall be guilty of a misdemeanour."