Japan Nuclear Crisis (make-up blog)

In this UK News Article, it talks about the recent news regarding the nuclear problems occuring in Japan after the recent tsunami and eartquake in the Japan. The article talks about how several of the reactors have been stabilized and are now being ran on generators and other new electricity lines. The article also states how the spent-fuel being held in tanks have also returned to normal temperatures. However, some of the other more unstable reactors like reactor number 2, it is still too early to tell the true nature of the damage that occured there. In the area surrounding the nuclear power plant as of now there are elevated levels of radiation found in the tap water, spinach, and local milk. If radiation levels escaping from the power plant increase, measures such as entombing the plant in concrete may need to be taken.

Bitumen new king of Alberta's oilsands box

In this article from the Calgary Herald, a canadian newspaper, it talks of the digging of oil sands, and how prosperous this is for the canadian economy. The oilsand, a bitumen mixture, has now become the king of Alberta's oilpatch and is projected to account for 50% of non renewable resource revenue in the next upcoming year. This year, the oilsands are expected to bring in $4.1 billion in revenue, and by 2013 this number is expected to grow to $7.1 billion.





http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Bitumen+king+Alberta+oilsands/4342968/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

New Heinz Ketchup bottles

In this article, it talks about how in June 2011 Heinz will begin to switch over to more ecofriendly ketchup bottles. Heinz will now be offered in the same bioplastic bottles introduced by Coca Cola in 2009. The switch to this more eco friendly product is Heinz attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emmissions, water consumption, solid waste, and energy consumption by 20% by 2015. I think that all companies should begin to switch over to more eco friendly packaging options such as this one because in 2010 alone, the use of bioplastic packacged reduced emissions of carbon dioxide by 30,000 metric tons. (which is equivalent to about the burning of 60,000 barrels of oil)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/28/idUS185188331720110228