Donald Trump's campaign was baed in lies. There is no way to know who Americans placed in the White House with Russian help.

October 1, 2017
By Mark Niquette

Donald Trump’s infrastructure guru (click here) spent part of Sept. 26 at a conference in Washington promoting the president’s $1 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and airports relying in part on public-private partnerships. The same day, across town, Trump was telling lawmakers that those kinds of deals don’t work.

The president’s apparent change of heart on what’s been an important pillar of his economic plan left key constituents of the infrastructure initiative reeling.

Trump’s remarks, relayed by three lawmakers after a closed meeting with Republicans and Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, raised new questions about how the plan would be financed, and whether the president was instead considering increasing federal funding for building projects -- a prospect made harder by the large tax cut the administration proposed Wednesday.

Democratic lawmakers welcomed the potential opening for more federal spending, while deficit hawks bristled. Both sides, though, are still struggling to interpret Trump’s apparent turnaround....

The reason Donald Trump is backpedaling on a National Infrastructure Bank is because he no longer has to compete with Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

The lying and negligence is mounting with Mr. Trump. This is a pattern causing deaths. The lack of support for Puerto Rico is criminal.

Try this on for size. There is no White House, there is a Washington based office for the Trump Organization. This expression of dual messages exists throughout his administration. Even the generals serving in the staff and cabinet are making statements only to be contradicted by Trump. Does he ever have cabinet and staff meetings to bring his policy decisions to them? Is everything within this administration confused and unpredictable?

August 23, 2016
By Jeff Davis

Investing in national transportation infrastructure (click here) became a significant talking point for both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as the candidates have proposed improvement programs that would respectively cost $275 billion and $550 billion (Trump promised to double his opponent’s plan).

Although Trump has yet to release details for his plan, Hillary Clinton’s involves enacting a five-year, $275 billion injection of infrastructure spending within her first 100 days in office. According to Clinton’s campaign, business tax reform would fully pay for these investments, $250 billion of which would be direct public investments...

Typical of a lone wolf, in that no one ever suspects he was this violent.

I am rather concerned this description is too convenient. A man does not have a sub-machine gun without someone knowing it. He practiced. He didn't wake up this morning and decide today I am going to die and take as many people with me as possible.

There is something more to his anger than simply 'this is the day.'

I am sure the FBI is involved by now. They need to carry the investigation. The Las Vegas PD lost a man and another seriously injured. The spokesman I saw this morning was shaken. He was clear and concise, but, at the same time he just wanted to break down into tears and I am sure it was more than his peers.

October 2, 2017
by Jose A. Delreal and Jonah Engel Bromwich

The man who checked into a Las Vegas hotel (click here) and massacred dozens of concertgoers with a vicious deluge of bullets late Sunday lived in a quiet retirement community in Mesquite, Nev., about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, the police said. Relatives and neighbors said he and his companion drew little attention.

The gunman, identified by the police as Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, was described as a retiree who loved to gamble and who lived with his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, 62.

Relatives said Mr. Paddock had not displayed strong political or ideological beliefs in their interactions with him.

That modest portrait of Mr. Paddock was upended shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday when, according to the police, he opened fire on fans attending an outdoor country music concert near the Mandalay Bay Resort on the Las Vegas Strip, killing nearly 60 people and injuring at least 500 others.

Mr. Paddock was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in his room on the 32nd floor of the hotel, said Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of Clark County, which includes Las Vegas.

More than 19 rifles were found in the hotel room, a law enforcement official confirmed, along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Two rifles with scopes were mounted on tripods and positioned in front of the two windows in the hotel room....

Where is the gun range where he practiced?

...Christopher Sullivan, general manager of Guns & Guitars, a gun store in Mesquite, confirmed that Mr. Paddock bought three guns at his shop within the last year — a handgun and two rifles. All the purchases were legal and cleared routine federal screening, Mr. Sullivan said.

“The man does not have a criminal history,” he said of Mr. Paddock.

Mr. Sullivan, who said he had been contacted by the F.B.I. and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, declined to provide detailed descriptions of the guns Mr. Paddock bought. “We have cooperated with local and federal authorities,” he said....

Where did he fly to and why? Two private planes is not a small investment. He had to maintain them and why two? In case the other needed maintenance and his flight was urgent?

...Mr. Paddock had a private pilot’s license, according to Federal Aviation Administration, and had two small single-engine planes registered in his name. There are no records of Mr. Paddock having served in the military....

3 October 2017

KEY POINTS: (click here)

- At least 58 dead, 515 hurt as gunman opens fire from 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Resort

- Gunman Stephen Paddock kills himself as police storm hotel room

- Isis claims responsibility but police say no evidence of any link to international terrorism

- US president Donald Trump describes slaughter as 'act of pure evil'

I am sure Donald Trump knows what evil is all about. Any chance Paddock knew Bundy?

A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

At least 515 others were injured in the Sunday night attack, authorities said....

October 3, 2017

Denise Salmon Burditus pictured with her husband Tony at the festival just 13hrs ago. 

The first victims (click here) of the horrific Las Vegas shooting that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured have been identified.

Sonny Melton, 29, Jordan McIldoon, 23, Quinton Robbins, 20, and Denise Salmon Burditus were killed when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on 22,000 people at a country music concert.

Melton was watching country music star Jason Aldean at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village with his wife when Paddock opened fire.

"At this point, I'm in complete disbelief and despair. I don't know what to say. Sonny was the most kind-hearted, loving man I have ever met. He saved my life and lost his," Heather Gulish Melton said...

Any chance Paddock was a dyed in the wool Christian? Just sayin'.

Jason Aldean songs (click here) are some of the most popular in contemporary country music. The country superstar has built an enormously successful career around his rockin’ country sound, which emphasizes up-tempo, fun songs about the country lifestyle.

That’s not to say that Aldean doesn’t have his softer side. Though he doesn’t show it often, he’s capable of some gentler ballads, too, balancing out his party-hearty persona with a dose of heartache and romance here and there.

But it is the more raucous songs that have built his brand as one of the leading male country artists of his generation, capable of filling the largest concert arenas and even stadiums. The Boot takes a look at the best of his best with this list of the Top 10 Jason Aldean Songs....

Aldean's current wife is Brittany Kerr.

Sealed with a kiss: (click here) Country music star Jason Aldean, who is married with two children, can be seen kissing former American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr; both have since issued public apologies


April 25, 2013
By Stephen L. Betts

Seven months (click here) after admitting to fans that he “acted inappropriately” with former American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr, country superstar Jason Aldean and his wife, Jessica Ussery, have separated, according to Us Weekly.

A source reveals to the publication that the couple has been apart since January. “There were obvious problems before the bar kiss, but he finally left earlier this year,” the source alleges, noting that Jessica did not attend the ACM Awards with her husband earlier this month.

“I can confirm that Jason and his wife are having problems, but there is nothing more to share at this time,” a rep for the singer tells Us Weekly. “It’s a private family matter, and we hope everyone will respect that he would like to keep it that way.”

The couple, who have been together since high school, and married for 11 years, are parents to two young daughters, Keeley and Kendyl. During a joint appearance on CBS This Morning, last November, Jason and Jessica acknowledged the sometimes rocky road they’ve navigated together....

Sorry this is such a sad good morning. I won't be back online until later this afternoon.

Sincerest sympathies to all family and friends of those effected by this mindless killing.

A submachine gun. People who intend to kill many people at a time can find modification kits online. This is the USA where guns can be all one expects them to be.

Who is this guy? A lone wolf was responsible for the DC shooting, too.  

October 2, 2017

This is stated to be the first picture of the shooter. Who is he affiliated with. Gun clubs. Organizations.

A gunman (click here) opened fire on an outdoor country music concert near Mandalay Bay late Sunday, killing at least 50 people, injuring more than 200 and sending the Las Vegas Strip into chaos.

The massacre is believed to be the worst mass shooting in United States history.

One off-duty Las Vegas police officer attending the concert was among the victims killed.

The suspect, Stephen Paddock, 64, was killed by police on a high-level hotel floor at Mandalay Bay, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said early Monday. He said police believed they had located Marilou Danley, a person of interest associated with Paddock.

Police also found two vehicles, a Hyundai Tucson, Nevada license plate 114 B40, and a Chrysler Pacifica Touring, Nevada license plate 79D 401....            

October 2, 2017

Two women accused of poisoning (click here) the estranged half brother of North Korea's ruler in a brazen airport assassination eight month ago have pleaded not guilty at the start of their trial in Malaysia's High Court.

Siti Aisyah of Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong of Vietnam are accused smearing Kim Jong Nam's face with the banned VX nerve agent on February 13 at a crowded airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur, killing him within about 20 minutes.

The women have previously said they thought they were playing a harmless prank for a hidden-camera show. They face the death penalty if convicted.

Prosecutors will then start to call their witnesses, with the first few likely to be medical experts to establish the cause of death, said Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, Huong's lawyer....

I think the global community is getting better at the intercept. Congratulations.

October 2, 2017

Last August, (click here) a secret message was passed from Washington to Cairo warning about a mysterious vessel steaming toward the Suez Canal. The bulk freighter named Jie Shun was flying Cambodian colours but had sailed from North Korea, the warning said, with a North Korean crew and an unknown cargo shrouded by heavy tarps.

Armed with this tip, customs agents were waiting when the ship entered Egyptian waters. They swarmed the vessel and discovered, concealed under bins of iron ore, a cache of more than 30,000 rocket-propelled grenades. It was, as a United Nations report later concluded, the "largest seizure of ammunition in the history of sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."

But who were the rockets for? The Jie Shun's final secret would take months to resolve and would yield perhaps the biggest surprise of all: The buyers were the Egyptians themselves.

A UN investigation uncovered a complex arrangement in which Egyptian business executives ordered millions of dollars worth of North Korean rockets for the country's military while also taking pains to keep the transaction hidden, according to US. officials and Western diplomats familiar with the findings....

...North Korea's booming illicit arms trade is an outgrowth of a legitimate business that began decades ago. In the 1960s and '70s, the Soviet Union gave away conventional weapons - and, in some cases, entire factories for producing them - to developing countries as a way of winning allies and creating markets for Soviet military technology. Many of these client states would standardise the use of communist-bloc munitions and weapons systems in their armies, thus ensuring a steady demand for replacement parts and ammunition that would continue well into the future.

Sensing an opportunity, North Korea obtained licenses to manufacture replicas of Soviet and Chinese weapons, ranging from assault rifles and artillery rockets to naval frigates and battle tanks. Arms factories sprouted in the 1960s that soon produced enough weapons to supply North Korea's vast military, as well as a surplus that could be sold for cash.

By the end of the Cold War, North Korea's customer base spanned four continents and included dozens of countries, as well as armed insurgencies. The demand for discount North Korean weapons would continue long after the Soviet Union collapsed, and even after North Korea came under international censure and economic isolation because of its nuclear weapons program, said Andrea Berger, a North Korea specialist and senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.

"Good Night, Moon"

The waxing gibbous

11 day old moon

84.9 percent lit

September 29, 2017
By Ben Burress

On September 22, (click here) a spaceship visited Earth—NASA can confirm that it wasn’t alien property. It was NASA’s own OSIRIS-REx probe, swinging by Earth in a gravitational “slingshot” maneuver designed to fling it toward a 2018 rendezvous with an asteroid named Bennu.

The spacecraft will become NASA’s first mission ever to visit an asteroid, collect samples of its ancient materials, and return them to Earth for laboratory analysis.

More than merely an asteroid-dust collector, however, this mission aims to give scientists a clearer understanding of the formation of the solar system, the Earth, and the origin of life on our planet.

Launched on September 8, 2016, OSIRIS-REx —which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer—will arrive at Bennu in August 2018, where it will map the asteroid’s surface in detail, and then graze to within a few meters of its surface to collect dust samples. It will then head back to Earth for an expected return in 2023....

When I stepped into environmental activism it was to protect my family and the future.

I never thought I'd see the day when my family has to revisit the same activism that protected them so far. Really, Scott? Amazing. The USA is crying at the shame of this DC administration.

Next week "Hazard Waste."

September 20, 2017
By Anya Khalamayzer 
Creating great products (click here) is any company's goal, but to those that think long-term about their value, making a profit "means nothing" unless they scale production in a way that doesn't harm consumers and the environment, said attendees at a circular economy summit during VERGE 17.

The circular economy, which moves away from the take-make-dispose system of "business as usual" and infuses manufacturer's material streams with recycled goods, is the mechanism that will allow companies to achieve this goal.

There are still massive barriers to implementing the circular economy as "business as usual," and it will require pulling a company's full value chain on board, said the panelists, meeting under Chatham House Rule. For example, the chemical processes that allow polymers to be dissolved and recirculated are still expensive to implement — and may have hidden health risks.

Getting into "full circularity at once isn't likely," said an attendee from an environmental nonprofit. Finding and optimizing the pipeline of circular opportunities means using the levers of technology, policy and investment from the consumer goods sector.

Here are five major challenges to proliferating the use of reclaimed goods, and the opportunities that may arise from them — because, essentially, circular thinking is about finding jewels in a waste stream.

- American recycling facilities must up the ante
- Don't depend on consumers
- The devil is in the details
- Everyone must be on board
- Build trust

Real dangers and real rules. The rules are written because of a methodology to classify dangers.

...The place where the chemical originates is called the source. Chemicals can enter the environment from many different sources such as landfills, incinerators, tanks, drums, or factories. Human exposure to hazardous chemicals can occur at the source or the chemical could move to a place where people can come into contact with it. Chemicals can move through air, soil, and water. They can also be on plants or animals, and can get into the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink.

The different ways a person can come into contact with hazardous chemicals are called exposure pathways. There are three basic exposure pathways: inhalation, ingestion, and skin contact. Inhalation is breathing or inhaling into the lungs. Ingestion is taking something in by mouth. Skin contact occurs when something comes in direct contact with the skin. Ingestion can be a secondary exposure pathway after skin contact has occurred, if you put your hands in your mouth and transfer the chemical from your hands to your mouth....

...Water

Exposure can occur when people drink contaminated groundwater or surface water, or accidentally ingest it while swimming or showering. Direct skin contact also is an exposure pathway that occurs during activities like swimming and showering. For more information about water and hazardous chemicals, view the MDNR, CDC and EPA websites.

Soil, Sediment, or Dust.

People can be exposed to hazardous chemicals in soil, sediment, or dust if they accidentally ingest it, breathe it in, or have direct skin contact. Children are highly susceptible to these exposure pathways. In their daily activities, children have a tendency to have frequent hand-to-mouth contact and introduce non-food items into their mouths. For more information about hazardous substances, view the EPA webpages.

Air

Exposure can occur when people breathe in hazardous chemical vapors or air that is contaminated by hazardous chemicals or dust. More information is available about chemicals in the air at the websites of MDNR, CDC and EPA.

Food

People can be exposed to hazardous chemicals through the food they eat. Food contamination can occur if the food has come into contact with hazardous chemicals. It can also occur further down the food chain such as through eating contaminated fish. For more information, see the DHSS fish advisory

Coal ash is more radioactive than nuclear waste;

December 13, 2007
By Mara Hvistendahl

...Among the surprising conclusions: (click here) the waste produced by coal plants is actually more radioactive than that generated by their nuclear counterparts. In fact, the fly ash emitted by a power plant—a by-product from burning coal for electricity—carries into the surrounding environment 100 times more radiation than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy....

Scott Pruitt is the worst EPA director ever. His idea about helping business stay out of trouble with the government to prevent fines, etc., is to change the law to allow the pollution. It is immoral practice by Pruitt. It sells out the best interest of the American people to easy profits for business. He wants to allow radioactive waste to be dumped in rivers and tributaries. This is one of the reasons why.
 September 19, 2017
By Ken Silverstein 
...“This decision is a galling giveaway to industrial polluters, (click here) even by this Administration’s standards of pandering to industry at the expense of the public,” said Earthjustice attorney Lisa Evans, in a release. “The EPA is sending a crystal-clear message to families across the country: our job is to protect wealthy polluters, not you and your children. These toxic dumps should have been cleaned up decades ago. Americans will not stand idly by as the EPA puts their health and safety at risk—and neither will Earthjustice or our partners. We will fight for these critical safeguards.”

At present, most coal combustion residual is buried in landfills, although those sites must keep a safe distance from surface and groundwater supplies. For coal ash buried on utility grounds, the ponds need to be properly lined to keep the waste from bleeding out.

 

Coal power plants produce about 140 million tons of coal ash a year, at roughly 1,100 sites in 37 states. The waste contains arsenic, mercury and selenium that is harmful to human health and the environment.

 

Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment did a study that found 21 unlined disposal sites had leaks in five southeastern states. “In all the investigated sites, we saw evidence of leaking,” said Avner Vengosh, a professor of geochemistry and water quality. “Some of the impacted water had high levels of contaminants.”

 

All this is coming nearly nine years after a coal ash spill at the Tennessee Valley Author’s Kingston facility near Knoxville, Tenn. On December 22, 2008, a dam had burst, releasing 5.4 million cubic yards of “wet coal ash” into the local communities there — considered one of the worst environmental disasters in American history.

 

Five years later Duke Energy also had a coal ash spill that released 100,000 cubic yards of waste into the nearby Dan River. The river turned completely grey

A few important rules.

Title 40: Protection of Environment

PART 261—IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE (click here)

§261.3   Definition of hazardous waste. (click here)(a) A solid waste, as defined in §261.2, is a hazardous waste if:
(1) It is not excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste under §261.4(b); and
(2) It meets any of the following criteria:
(i) It exhibits any of the characteristics of hazardous waste identified in subpart C of this part. However, any mixture of a waste from the extraction, beneficiation, and processing of ores and minerals excluded under §261.4(b)(7) and any other solid waste exhibiting a characteristic of hazardous waste under subpart C is a hazardous waste only if it exhibits a characteristic that would not have been exhibited by the excluded waste alone if such mixture had not occurred, or if it continues to exhibit any of the characteristics exhibited by the non-excluded wastes prior to mixture. Further, for the purposes of applying the Toxicity Characteristic to such mixtures, the mixture is also a hazardous waste if it exceeds the maximum concentration for any contaminant listed in table 1 to §261.24 that would not have been exceeded by the excluded waste alone if the mixture had not occurred or if it continues to exceed the maximum concentration for any contaminant exceeded by the nonexempt waste prior to mixture.

 
42 U.S.C. (click here)
United States Code, 2011 Edition
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 82 - SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
42 U.S. Code §6901 (click here) - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Many of the environmental laws of the USA date back to the 1970s. Earth hasn't changed in nearly five decades.

October 1, 2017

New Delhi: The Centre  (click here) has notified a new set of rules for preservation of wetlands under which the states will have to identify water bodies to be brought under this category by March next year.

The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, notified on September 26, shall replace the earlier set of guidelines which came into effect in 2010.

However, under the 2010 rules, not a single water body was notified as a wetland over and above the ones already recognised as such by the Centre and the Ramsar Convention, defeating its purpose in a way.

The Ramsar Convention, which dates back to 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty aimed at the "conservation and wise use of wetlands". India became one of its signatories in 1982.

According to an Environment Ministry notification, wetlands are vital parts of the hydrological cycle.

These are highly productive ecosystems which support rich biodiversity and provide a wide range of ecosystem services such as water storage, water purification, flood mitigation, erosion control and aquifer recharge, it says.

With rapid urbanisation, it has also become a highly contentious subject with wetlands being encroached across the country by land sharks, leading to depleting ground water levels and floods in urban areas....

A common fear about preserving wetlands is the idea flooding will be worse with the wetland rather than filling it with dirt, etc. That is not the case. The best example is Hurricane Katrina in 2005. If the wetlands had been protected rather than destroyed by the petroleum industry, the storm surge would have been far lower. The wetlands would have created an barrier to all that water. The outcome to New Orleans would have been very different if the wetlands were in place. The USA government was told to protect the Louisiana wetlands and then "The Big One" came.

June 30, 2017
By Ignatius Pereira

August 19, 2012, (click here) it will be 10 years since the brackish water Ashtamudi Lake with eight creeks was declared a Ramsar site by designating it as a wetland of international importance. The lake was recommended by the Ramsar Convention’s partner organisations as a wetland of 61.4 sq km. And the lake entered the Ramsar list as site number 1,204.

However, since then, the area of the lake has shrunk to 34 sq km and it is facing serious environmental degradation. Revenue authorities dispute the 61.4 sq km extent but agree that the lake may have shrunk by at least 5 sq km in the past 10 years.

Internationally there are 2,046 wetlands designated Ramsar sites and India has 25. The main purpose of declaring an important wetland as Ramsar site is to enable its conservation through local and national-level action with international cooperation for achieving sustainable development....

Definitions

A solid waste is any material that is discarded by being:

Abandoned: The term abandoned means thrown away. A material is abandoned if it is disposed of, burned, incinerated, or sham recycled.

Inherently Waste-Like: Some materials pose such a threat to human health and the environment that they are always considered solid wastes; these materials are considered to be inherently waste-like. Examples of inherently waste-like materials include certain dioxin-containing wastes.

A Discarded Military Munition: Military munitions are all ammunition products and components produced for or used by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) or U.S. Armed Services for national defense and security. Unused or defective munitions are solid wastes when:

     - abandoned (i.e., disposed of, burned, incinerated) or treated
              prior to disposal;
     - rendered nonrecyclable or nonusable through deterioration; or
     - declared a waste by an authorized military official.
     - Used (i.e., fired or detonated) munitions may also be solid wastes if
              collected for storage, recycling, treatment, or disposal.

Recycled in Certain Ways: A material is recycled if it is used or reused (e.g., as an ingredient in a process), reclaimed, or used in certain ways (used in or on the land in a manner constituting disposal, burned for energy recovery, or accumulated speculatively). Specific exclusions to the definition of solid waste are listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR section 261.4(a). Many of these exclusion are related to recycling.                          

There are reports stating FEMA is still unable to function to it's fullest because communications are still uncertain.

September 30, 2017
By Tammy Leitner and Phil Helsel

Local and federal officials said Saturday that progress is being made in Puerto Rico to restore water, gasoline and communications to the hurricane-battered island, as President Donald Trump railed on Twitter against "fake news" and defended recovery efforts.

Only five percent of the island has electricity service as of Saturday, 10 days after Hurricane Maria made landfall as a strong Category 4 storm, wrecking infrastructure and communications on the U.S. territory, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"This was a catastrophic storm. We're making progress every day," FEMA acting regional administrator for region II John Rabin told reporters Saturday. Puerto Rico's Aqueducts and Sewers Authority reported that 47 percent of its clients now have water service, according to the governor's office.
"Today will be a little bit better than yesterday. Tomorrow will hopefully be a bit better than today was," Rabin said.
The governor's office said cellular service has been restored to 33 percent of the island's customers by Saturday....

September 30, 2017
By Anthony Faiola, Samantha Schmidt and Mare Fisher

Jentia Cuffy (click here) rounded the old almond tree, its branches now snapped like twigs, as she headed toward her office at Barbuda's ruined hospital. The island's public-health nurse hadn't been back in nearly three weeks, since every soul was evacuated from this flat disk of an island laid waste by Hurricane Irma.

With the people gone, it was as if Barbuda had gone feral. Abandoned dogs had formed packs and were taking down livestock. From the hospital courtyard, Cuffy could smell death — animal carcasses rotting in the rubble. A corner of the roof had collapsed, the windows blown in. The medical dorms were a scrap heap. An ambulance was wedged into a tree.

"This doesn't look like my island," Cuffy said.

Before the storm, Barbuda was a forgotten Eden about the physical size of the District of Columbia. Its 1,800 inhabitants were family, literally. The descendants of African slaves brought centuries ago by the British, many islanders were related. The workdays were short and the rock lobster — freshly caught and free — was sweet. They'd grill them up at picnics down by the caves at Two Foot Bay National Park. There were no street addresses. Collecting mail meant a call from Joyce Lynn Webber at the post office.

"Eh, you got mail down here, come by," she'd day.

That life was blown away....

Industrial solid waste is defined as waste that is generated by businesses from an industrial or manufacturing process or waste generated from non-manufacturing activities that are managed as a separate waste stream.

Proper waste management (click here) is an essential part of society’s public and environmental health. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), passed in 1976, created the framework for America’s hazardous and non-hazardous waste management programs. Materials regulated by RCRA are known as “solid wastes.” Only materials that meet the definition of solid waste under RCRA can be classified as hazardous wastes, which are subject to additional regulation. EPA developed detailed regulations that define what materials qualify as solid wastes and hazardous wastes. Understanding the definition of a solid waste is an important first step in the process EPA set up for generators to hazardous waste to follow when determining if the waste they generated is a regulated hazardous waste....

...RCRA (click here) states that "solid waste" means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities. Nearly everything we do leaves behind some kind of waste.
It is important to note that the definition of solid waste is not limited to wastes that are physically solid. Many solid wastes are liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material....  

Doing the right thing is important. Children know that. When did extremist politics develop to allow harm to our country and the world?

...Importance and benefits of waste recycling (click here)

Recycling is beneficial in many ways including:

Recycling helps protect the environment:
This is because the recyclable waste materials would have been burned or ended up in the landfill. Pollution of the air, land, water and soil is reduced.

Recycling conserves natural resources:
Recycling more waste means that we do not depend too much on raw (natural) resources, which are already massively depleted.

Recycling saves energy: 
It takes more energy to produce items with raw materials than from recycling used materials. This means we are more energy efficient and the prices of products can come down.

Recycling creates jobs:
People are employed to collect, sort and work in recycling companies. Others also get jobs with businesses that work with these recycling units. There can be a ripple of jobs in the municipality....