Aimee deChambeau
Member (since March 2009)I am an academic librarian involved in news & information literacy outreach and education. I joined NewsTrust because I am always looking for better ways to sort the online wheat from the chaff.
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'Playing For Change' And Peace Through Music : NPR Music (Pending)
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Nice detail on the effects on the fish population. Touches upon the complexity of solving a water crisis. Good sources.
This is unfortunately shallow. It may simply be a report of an announcement by the group Apimondia but it could/should have explored the issue in much greater depth, using more sources. This is an important issue that deserves more than a quick nod.
A sensitively written obit that reveals Nicholas Hughes as his own person rather than simply the son of famous - and tragic - parents.
Provides background and context to research results recently published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. It could have gone into more depth, but as a short report on recent research is ok.
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Abstract for research article mentioned in news story (Pending)
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A detailed roundup of new cars, both concept and production vehicles, employing various technologies to reduce fuel consumption. The article is primarily about partially electric and electric drive cars, but includes other design elements in the analysis.
The long-term environmental value of plug-in electric vehicles somewhat eludes me, as power generation from coal- and oil-fired plants is still too ... More »
If oil prices stay low, it may dampen consumers’ interest in the next big thing: electric-drive cars. Big financial incentives from federal and state governments could ... More »
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Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009
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A nice summary of Fludder's priorities for clean tech, but little info on the potential effects of those priorities in the grand scheme of going green.
Interesting article, good description and facts. Unfortunate title though, since it's flippancy detracts from expressing the actual severity of the problem.
Google Street View and the issue of privacy of people who are photographed "in the street" by Google have been reported before - particularly in the UK. This story really doesn't add anything new - it barely even notes that the Street View service was recently "launched" for the UK.
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Google Street View posts - Technically Incorrect (Pending)
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Privacy campaigner vows legal challenge to Google Street View • (Pending)
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A nice summary of the Global Green New Deal Policy Brief but does not additional perspectives or place the brief within a broader context.




links to photo essays from within the article are extraneous, as the photos aren't specific to the para from which they are linked.