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Did anyone else happen to catch the small blurb in the newspapers about how the Discovery crew saw huge stretches of land that we have destroyed? Complete forestes just disappeared since the last time the shuttle was up in space?

It was in the paper monday or tuesday I think, it was shortly after the shuttle got into space.



Funny how that isn't on the news at all and a story about our continuted hunt for osama bin laden is. I wonder how regulated the government keeps our news feeds.
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  1. uncutsaniflush ·

    One reason for the lack of news coverage is that it is not exactly news. Satellite imagery is easily available and the deforestration of the Amazon basin and areas in Asia and Africa has been reported on fairly often - even in the mainstream press.

    The only newsworthy thing about it is that some American Astronauts noticed it and mentioned it to the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi over the radio.

    I don't think that the U.S. government needs to regulate news about the environment, most people just don't care what happens to the planet unless it specifically impacts them or people they know.

    Here's a link to the story for those interested: :::link:::

  2. paul ·

    aI reported on this last week :::link::: , @mike says no one would know because I update to many times per day!

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