Is our Toxic E-waste exported unknowingly? A 60 Minutes Report.

(CBS) 60 Minutes is going to take you to one of the most toxic places on Earth - a place government officials and gangsters don't want you to see. It's a town in China where you can't breathe the air or drink the water, a town where the blood of the children is laced with lead. It's worth risking a visit because much of the poison is coming out of the homes, schools and offices of America. This is a story about recycling - about how your best intentions to be green can be channeled into an underground sewer that flows from the United States and into the wasteland. (Read the full article)

How green are the new NYC sports stadiums?

When I firsts set out to write about the world,s most eco-friendly sports stadiums I was heartened by the Washington National's brand-new super-green ballpark near the Anacostia in D.C.
Surely, I thought to myself, this shining example of environmental architecture is just the start of my journey across America's sporting and environmental landscape. Then I found out that when it comes to eco-friendly stadiums, we've had our soft bits handed to us by other countries. Not just that, but one sport in particular seems to be shaming us. Europeans and their beloved soccer make us look like rank amateurs when it comes to greening up stadiums. In the United States, outside the National's Stadium, the park with the best carbon footprint is probably Fenway just because nobody can really park near it, so fans have to take public transportation. Read more on this article by Bob Knox here: A Roundup