Blog due on 2/5

A Scarcity of Rare Metals Is Hindering Green Technologies?

http://e360.yale.edu/mobile/feature.msp?id=2711

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Blog due on 1/29

Mercury everywhere! (but mostly from coal fired power plants...)

http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/sources.asp

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Blog due on 1/22

China and its mining practices

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/business/international/china-tries-to-clean-up-toxic-legacy-of-its-rare-earth-riches.html?_r=0

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Blog Due on 1/15

Salinization of Rivers: a global environmental problem (with erosion and mining implications)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130111092529.htm

Reply in the usual 3-2-1 format: 3 things you found out from the article, 2 ways it applies to environmental science, and 1 question you have after reading the article