In light of the BP oil spill, The Denver Post ran an article yesterday reporting on oil spills in the state of Colorado. Natural gas and oil exploration and extraction are major industries, especially on the state’s Western Slope (the region on the western side of the Continental Divide). Here are some of the intriguing [...]
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Five Friday Facts: Tradeshows and Conventions
June 18th, 2010 
Eric Wilson The following Five Friday Facts come courtesy of Wild Blue Yonder In-flight Magazine (May/June 2010). These facts are all about trade shows and conventions. According to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, there are 14,000 trade shows and exhibitions in the U.S. and Canada each year. Comprised of 11,000 industry events and 3,000 consumer shows, [...]
Five Friday Facts: World Cup Edition
June 11th, 2010 Justin Manger “The Beautiful Game” of soccer, the world’s most popular sport, begins its fevered quadrennial tournament of hype, excitement, defeat, and victory as teams from around the planet begin battling it out today at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The U.S. takes on England tomorrow June 12th at 2:30pm Eastern Time on ABC. As the [...]
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View CommentsFive Friday Facts: How Much We Recycle
June 4th, 2010 Justin Manger What We Recycle (United States) Waste Material Total Amount Amount Recycled Recycling Rate Paper 77.4 million tons 42.9 million tons 56% Plastic 30 million tons 2.1 million tons 7.1% Glass 12.2 million tons 2.8 millions tons 23.1% Aluminum 3.4 million tons 720,000 tons 21.1% ALL WASTE 249.6 million tons 82.9 million tons 33.2% From Washington [...]
Five Friday Funnies
May 28th, 2010 Eric Wilson Coming to you by way of the May 13th issue of the satirical publication The Onion: “Alternative” Alternative Energy Projects The U.S. Department of Interior just approved Cape Wind, the nation’s first offshore wind farm, which will be built five miles from Cape Cod. Here are some of the [other] projects awaiting approval: Gulf of [...]
