Bottled Water Bites Back!
July 5, 2010 - 7:34 pm
The Worldwatch Institute recently unearthed some of the environmental hazards of drinking bottled water … the pricey thirst-quencher adds 1.5 million tons of plastic each year to already overflowing landfills, and transporting the fancy H2O – by one estimate — emits a WHOPPING one billion pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere each year! I guess drinking Polond Spring isn’t so “green” after all … in today’s episode of KBTV!
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Rep. Tom Emmer asks Rep. Kate Knuth why the state of Minnesota should cede rule making in the area of environmental policy to California.
Kate is senior engineer and project manager for a new residence hall and student center for a college in downtown Boston, MA. The project includes a NCAA basketball court and athletic facilities located three levels below grade and constructed immediately adjacent to existing buildings requiring underpinning and within feet of an MBTA subway tunnel. Haley & Aldrich’s role involves documenting the construction of the foundation and below-grade space, and monitoring the performance of the excavation support during construction using inclinometers and survey reference points to evaluate the impact on the adjacent streets, buildings and subway tunnel.
Rep. Tom Emmer argues against having CA set environmental policy rules for Minnesota