David Biello
Here’s how to keep that old cell phone you’re about to toss from becoming toxic e-waste in a developing country
You’ve seen the new iPhone 6. You want one. You buy one. So what do you do with your old iPhone to make sure it doesn’t end up in some e-waste toxic pile in West Africa? We’ve got a few recommendations from an e-waste expert.
The Future of Nuclear Energy One Year After the Fukushima Meltdown
One year ago this Sunday a massive earthquake devastated northeast Japan. The Japanese barely had time to catch their breath before waves of water 30 feet high crashed down on the coast. Twenty-thousand people died; 90,000 were evacuated. The natural disasters were soon followed by a nuclear crisis. In the year since the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi […]
Earthquake Rattles East Coast, As Hurricane Heads for U.S.
A very rare event happened In the northeastern part of the United States yesterday. A 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Mineral, Virginia sent tremors outward, all the way north to New York and New England, and south to North Carolina. Limited damage was reported and some even found the event to be exciting. The earthquake follows […]
Japan’s Road to a Cold Shut Down of Fukushima
It’s been over four months since the earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which led to partial nuclear meltdowns in three of its reactors. Japan’s government now says that those reactors are stable, and are headed toward a cold shutdown. David Biello, associate editor at Scientific American, says […]
Obama Administration Releases 30 Million Barrels of Oil from US Reserve
The Obama administration is is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroluem Reserve as part of a broader international effort to increase the amount of oil–to 60 million barrels–into the world market over the next month, in the hopes of replacing some of the oil production lost due to the conflict […]